Elizabeth Painter

Elizabeth
 Painter, Chief of Staff at the US Green Chamber of Commerce,
 is a sustainable business development professional. She
 worked
 with
 the
 US
 Environmental
 Protection
 Agency’s
 National
 Center
 for
 Environmental
 Economics,
 an
 international
 NGO
 empowering
 local 
media
 worldwide,
 and
 a
 private
 contractor
 specializing
 in
 agricultural
 solutions
 to
 end
 hunger 
and
 poverty,
 among 
others. An
 International
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Polluters Get 1-Year Respite from California Cap-and-Trade

In the wake of a lawsuit filed by environmental groups, California will delay enforcement of its greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program by one year to give the state more time fine-tune the scheme. The head of the California Air Resources Board(CARB) said Wednesday that polluters wouldn’t have to comply with the emissions trading program until 2013, but…

6/21/11 – Member Spotlight: PaintGreen

US Green Chamber member PaintGreen explains that they felt a responsibility to reduce the impact they have on the environment while still providing the best quality, eco-friendly products and painting services available. “Green attitude runs deep in the organization,” explained Jon Ray, owner and founder of PaintGreen Professional Painters. “We use sustainable office products, drive…