Category: Green Building LEED News
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Obama Supports Solar Energy With $15 Million
Under the president’s instruction, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) provided funding to boost the country’s solar energy Thursday, while encouraging business leaders to deploy solar energy in their communities. As part of the Solar Summit at the White House, the DOE announced $15 million to help communities across the nation develop multi-year solar energy plans to…
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Japan Declares They Will Defy International Court Ruling and Continue Whaling
There has been disappointing and worrying news today. The Government of Japan has announced that it intends to return to the Southern Ocean to hunt whales in 2015. It has also officially announced that it will again send its factory whaling ship to hunt whales in the North Pacific, although it plans to target fewer…
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Ukraine Says, Give Us Renewable Energy, Not Natural Gas
While the US rushes to export natural gas, Ukraine wants home-grown renewable energy instead.
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‘Extreme Levels’ of Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide Found in Soy Plants
A new study led by scientists from the Arctic University of Norway has detected “extreme levels” of Roundup, the agricultural herbicide manufactured by Monsanto, in genetically engineered (GE) soy. [caption id="attachment_331180" align="alignnone" width="500"] The herbicide has triggered a cycle of super weeds resistant to Roundup, which then means more Roundup is needed to try to…
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EU Makes Bold Commitment to Sustainable Fishing
The European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) comes up for renewal every decade, but for the first time, Parliament clearly dedicated itself to ensuring sustainable practices. Passing by a whopping 473-to-52 vote count, Parliament approved reform of the CFP, including objectives to rebuild fish stocks, reduce fishing’s impact on the ecosystem and deny financial help to…