Category: Green Building LEED News
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Florida State Students Question University’s Integrity Amid Koch Contributions and President’s Departure
Students at Florida State University are telling Charles Koch to stop compromising academic integrity with multimillion dollar grants that come with strings attached. You may recall: Back in 2011, two FSU professors revealed that the Charles Koch Foundation was given inappropriate control over the professor hiring process in the economics department, where millions of dollars were granted from the Kansas…
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Tips to Green Your Wedding
Are you putting the final touches on a spring wedding or in the midst of planning a lovely summer celebration? Even if you are just starting to talk about your future with your special someone, you might already be thinking about how you can make your wedding day as sustainable and eco-friendly as possible. After…
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Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act of 2014 Re-Introduced in House
As in WWII, when Americans bought $185 billion in Victory Bonds, this time it would support US clean energy infrastructure.
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Prized for Profit: Rare White Lions and Tigers Exposed to Selective Inbreeding in Zoos
Although the wild cats on display in zoos seem to be the kings and queens of their exhibits, the reality of their lives in captivity is far from royal. Illegal poaching, trophy hunting, retaliative persecution and habitat loss subjects wildlife species to extinction or captivity, and has brought populations of wild cats in the world…
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30% Jump in Autism Rates Brings Greater Urgency to Toxic Chemical Reform
Muriel is in her late 50s. She has intellectual disability, struggles to express herself and has trouble controlling impulses. Muriel is like many of the thousands of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that The Arc’s 700 chapters serve every day. Not all persons with ASD will need our services like Muriel, but even for…