Green Engine

31/08/2024

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/black-owned-businesses-shaping-chicago-now

These hometown heroes are making a big difference.

28/06/2024

25/05/2024

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25/05/2024

https://abc7chicago.com/post/bronzeville-unveils-community-solar-power-micro-grid-array/14867467/

City and state leaders said the Bronzeville solar power micro-grid is one of the first in the country, and will power the neighborhood in the event of a major power outage.

18/05/2024

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23/06/2023

CHICAGO — Google awarded grants this week to five Chicago-based, minority-founded tech companies as part of its Black Founders Fund and Latino Founders Fund programs.The five recipients — Certiverse, GuardianVets, Innovare, SAVVI AI and Speeko — garnered $150,000 each to support their startups. Representatives from the five startups attended a Tuesday press conference with Mayor Brandon Johnson to accept their checks from Google.

Certiverse, GuardianVets, Innovare, SAVVI AI and Speeko received $150,000 each to support their tech companies.

19/09/2022

Presented by the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) Staff from the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) will provide summary, timeline, and application information for the department's two biggest grant programs: the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF) and the Small...

01/09/2022

The business practices of cannabis corporations in Illinois are leading to increased unionization efforts across the state.  'Employees at three other Illinois-based dispensaries explained similar issues of demanding workloads, lack of job security and economic disparities between bosses and employ...

01/09/2022

Are you impacted by the War on Drugs? The Coalition & our partners recently launched the Community Legacy Resource Collective, to support impacted people access resources & services to meet their needs. Visit TakeBackMyLegacy.com to learn more and sign up today!

07/04/2022

"Exhibitors, visitors and speakers experienced a rejuvenating camaraderie and renewed sense of purpose for the h**p industry at the 8th Annual NoCo H**p Expo held at the Ga***rd Convention Center in Aurora, CO March 23-25, 2022. Organizers are already announcing plans for the Southern H**p Expo, a sister event planned for Aug. 18-20 in Nashville, TN." Read more on this week's LTH featured article, letstalkh**p.com/noco8-h**p-expo-rejuvenates-reunites-and-resets!

07/04/2022

Trilogene Seeds brought some h**p girls to the Expo Hall this year.

Feminized seeds are popular among those growing for cannabinoids as they require less time and effort to check for male plants.⁠

Have you ever worked with feminized seeds?

24/03/2022

Cresco Labs to Become the New Leader in Cannabis With the Acquisition of Columbia Care

23/01/2022

An FDA-approved, pharmaceutical-grade formulation of CBD could inhibit infections by SARS-CoV-2, after a study showed promise in human lung cells and in mice, UChicago Medicine says. Cannabidiol, or CBD, a product of the cannabis plant, showed a significant negative association with SARS-CoV-2 positive tests in a national sample of medical records of patients taking the drug for treating epilepsy, UChicago Medicine said in a statement. The study was published yesterday in Science Advances.

Cannabidiol, currently prescribed to epilepsy patients, should be looked at as a possible preventative or treatment for COVID-19, a new study recommends.

05/12/2021

Bipartisan House lawmakers on Thursday introduced a bill to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop regulations for food and beverages containing h**p-derived CBD and allow for their interstate commerce. The “CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act” would help address a regu...

05/12/2021

With two federal agencies in disagreement about which of them is responsible for conducting an independent, peer-reviewed study on the medical potential of ma*****na, a libertarian think tank is asking the White House to intervene and settle the dispute. The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) se...

05/12/2021

Ohio ma*****na activists have successfully proved that they turned in enough valid signatures to put a local decriminalization initiative before Kent voters after having missed the 2021 ballot due to a verification error on the part of county officials. The Portage County Board of Elections initiall...

30/11/2021

The holidays are traditionally a time for Americans to booze it up — but there’s a new intoxicant gaining favor. Industry insiders now call the day before Thanksgiving “Green Wednesday” due to the large amounts of cannabis purchased that day. It adds to the stretch of traditional days where shoppers prepare for the holidays — Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday — and its recent rise shows how consumption patterns around celebrations are starting to change. Cannabis sales that day are generally 40% higher than a typical Wednesday in November, according to research firm BDSA. As they wait for this year’s figures to roll in, the expectation is that it could end up having been the best Green Wednesday yet. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-11-29/green-wednesday-is-the-cannabis-version-of-black-friday

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