NC Chamber covers business's green landscape

DURHAM -- The North Carolina Chamber of Commerce is telling companies about the environmental issues ahead as green values burrow into the business mainstream. The statewide business booster's group holds a conference on environmental issues on Monday in Durham. The state Chamber of Commerce said it wants to make businesses aware of state and federal environmental legislation, as well as efforts companies are taking to become more green. The chamber said one of the biggest looming environmental management issues affecting businesses could be water. More than a dozen bills were introduced this year in the General Assembly to implement recommendations of a major water allocation report completed last year. They could be considered next year. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)