By Lee, Jaimy In late 2007, the U.S. Green Building Council said that it and the Green Guide for Health Care reached an understanding to create a new rating system called LEED for Healthcare.

By Edward Russo, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Apr. 11--Eugene's Earth-friendly policies, public health, open space and other factors have earned it the title of "Top Green City in America" in an environmental newsletter.