Certificate for a fake restaurant obtained through the Greener Restaurants program of the National Restaurant Program, provided to TreeHugger.

A few weeks ago word started coming out about how the new Greener Restaurants program from the National Restaurant Association, which appears to certify restaurant’s efforts to tread more lightly on the planet, wasn’t worth the paper the certificates are printed on–thanks to no independent verification. TreeHugger finally tracking down… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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