Recommended Videos In November, natural or “green” burial sections were opened at three cemeteries across the U.S. with one of being the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. The others are ...

Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday launched a new pilot program allowing "green" burials at three department national cemeteries in an effort to minimize the environmental impact of traditional ...

The VA's National Cemetery Administration is trying the ... Lawmakers gave VA the authority to establish green burial sections through the National Cemeteries Preservation and Protection Act ...

Three of the Veterans Affairs national cemeteries opened green burial sections last month. Green burials are possible for both cremated and intact remains.

Remains interred in a green burial section of a VA cemetery must be prepared for burial without use of chemicals or embalming fluids. Families eligible for burials at the three sites can begin ...

The "green burial sections" are available at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix, Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell and Pikes Peak National Cemetery in Colorado Springs ...

VA officials launched a new pilot program Tuesday allowing environmentally friendly burials at three department national cemeteries. (Ross D. Franklin/AP) Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday ...

The Green Meadows Cemetery project, which will have about 8,500 burial spaces, will include a community-use building in Sutton, just outside Peterborough. Tokeer Tufail, from the Green Meadows ...