Category: Green Building LEED News
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Kreider Farms to Install 1 MW of Solar Panels on Four Chicken Houses
Committed to establishing earth-friendly farm practices for future generations, Lancaster County’s Kreider Farms is launching a solar power project that will increase energy efficiency for its four Manheim, Pa., chicken houses, which are the most state-of-the-art egg processing facilities available in the United States. Set to begin this month in conjunction withRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Could We Win the Keystone XL Battle But Still Lose the Tar Sands War?
The Vietnam War might seem irrelevant to the environmental movement’s five-year effort to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that, if approved by President Obama, would bring tar sands oil from Alberta to the Texas coast for refining and shipment overseas. But the more I look at the situation, the more I see worrisome…
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Array Technologies Commissions Four Solar Tracking Sites in California
The leading solar tracking solutions company, Array Technologies Inc. (ATI), and nationally recognized construction firm Swinerton Renewable Energy have announced the completion of four solar projects located deep in the heart of the California desert. The four utility-scale solar sites are now online and providing electricity to the grid throughRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Why the BLM Battle at Bundy Ranch Matters
A 20-year feud between private rancher Cliven Bundy, 68, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) turned violent late last week when hundreds of armed Americans came together in support of Bundy, whose cattle were being removed from federal land by court order for illegal grazing. The mass of armed citizenry, as well as threats…
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Purdue and Cornell Researchers Reveal Up to 1,000 Times More Methane Emissions Than Estimated
Because natural gas has less carbon than dirty coal, gas producers and even the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have applauded it as a cleaner alternative. Hopefully, a joint study from researchers at two universities will change that. Purdue and Cornell universities on Monday released a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…