Home Depot Donations Support Environmental Building Causes

On May 10 The Home Depot home improvement retail chain announced $228,500 in donations to environmental causes. Of the donations, $75,000 went to support environmental building practices, $50,000 to promote recycling, $53,000 to forest conservation and preservation efforts, $35,000 to lead-poisoning prevention, $10,000 to energy conservation, and $5,000 to Earth Day New York. The energy conservation grant will help fund publication by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy of the

Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, written by EBN Editor Alex Wilson.