Category: Green Building LEED News
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U.S. Wind Power Cut Nearly 100 Million Tons of Carbon Emissions in 2013
Wind energy figures from 2013 keep pouring in and they continue to impress. According to a report preview from the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), wind generation reduced carbon dioxide emissions in the power sector by 4.4 percent. That’s good for 96 million metric tons, or the equivalent of taking 16.9 million cars off the road. …
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6 Initiatives That Empower Women in Agriculture
Farmers and farmers groups, researchers and scientists, and government leaders and policy-makers from across the continent are gathered to better understand family farming in North America and to agree upon common recommendations for the development and support of family farmers in the U.S. and Mexico. The dialogue also hopes to identify the key challenges family farmers face…
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Conservation Group Helps Manatee Hunters in West Africa Transition to Aquaculture
The West African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) is the least studied mammal in Africa despite having a home range larger than the U.S., encompassing 21 African countries. At the same time, it faces serious threats from hunting and accidental capture in fishing nets. [caption id="attachment_329737" align="alignnone" width="563"] Slow moving and gentle, manatees represent relatively easy prey.…
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Sea Shepherd Founder to Bill Maher: ‘If Oceans Die, We Die’
You can always expect to see Captain Paul Watson on the front lines of the battle to conserve and protect marine ecosystems for wildlife. He and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have been doing it for nearly 40 years. A late-night, cable television got the chance to learn more about Watson’s mission during the most recent episode…
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What? Blocking Mass Transit?
Koch Brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity is going after mass transit.