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The daughter of rubber tappers in the Amazon, she learned to read as a teenager and did some of the menial jobs that many Brazilians labour in before becoming a star of the international environmental movement.
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Energy Star exemptions: Federal agencies are required to lease space in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ENERGY STAR-labeled buildings.
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Many films and TV shows have gone green, adopting eco-friendly practices on set that get them recognized at star-studded events like the Environmental Media Awards.
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Energy Star is a joint program of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.
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Programs like Energy Star, a joint undertaking of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, have sought to provide such information in the past.
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Prominence was given to an onslaught on Palin's environmental and animal rights record by veteran ex-film star Brigitte Bardot.
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Block voluntary programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including Energy Star and Green Lights, both of which enjoy wide support in both the environmental community and U.S. industry, precisely at a time when these programs are beginning to show significant results in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
CNN: Climate change funding curb fought
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National Environmental Merit Award (2006) and The Royal Order of the Polar Star (2002) delivered by His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.
UNESCO: Programa Hidrol��gico Internacional: Nombramiento Sra. Blanca Jim��nez Cisneros
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Our own Foundation, Dancing Star (www.dancingstarfoundation) is working with partners and colleagues around the world to vastly multiply the environmental awareness and on-the-ground efforts by animal rights activists, conservation biologists and educators throughout the world to help stem the tide of irrevocable damage to the living earth.
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Also, as part of the lifecycle design process, the laptops meet Energy Star 5.0 for high energy efficiency and are rated EPEAT Gold in the U.S. for their environmental attributes.
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