Category: Green Building LEED News
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How an Unprecedented Nuclear Subsidy Deal Could Kill UK Renewables
The United Kingdom’s plans to build heavily subsidized nuclear power stations have come under withering attack from a coalition of members of Parliament, academics, energy industry experts and environmental groups. Evidence has poured into the European Commission, which is investigating whether the deal with the giant French nuclear company EDF breaks EU competition rules. The…
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Keystone XL’s Environmental Impact an Afterthought on ‘Meet the Press’
President Barack Obama’s impending decision on the Keystone XL pipeline earned significant airtime Sunday on NBC’s popular Meet the Press program, but little thought was given to the environmental impact of as much as 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day being carried from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. First, the network examined the…
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Tech Industry can Ignite a Clean Energy Revolution
Connecting people across continents. Delivering breaking news. Enabling government transparency. Facilitating social revolutions. Stopping global warming? The Internet is capable of doing so much, but perhaps the idea that it can help rescue the planet from runaway global warming comes as a surprise to you. Every time we post a Facebook status to our friends,…
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You’re a LEED Professional: Now what?
Published on: 7 Apr 2014 Feature image: You did it! Congratulations! You decided to become a LEED professional, you took the exam, and passed! Now what? Earn CE hours to fulfill your credential maintenance Under the Credential …
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You’re a LEED Professional: Now what?
Published on: 7 Apr 2014 Feature image: You did it! Congratulations! You decided to become a LEED professional, y…