Category: Green Building LEED News
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Eco Euphemisms That Confuse Our Understanding of Environmental Destruction
In his now-classic essay, Politics and the English Language, George Orwell warned: “Political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. … But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better.” Orwell’s insights are as…
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Bill Gates Talks Climate Change, Charles Koch and More With Rolling Stone
For those who wanted to hear somebody besides a politician or environmental organization head discuss climate change, Rolling Stone provided as much in its March 27 issue. Bill Gates was the subject of an expansive question-and-answer interview that touched on the work of his family’s Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the evolution of computing from…
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Federal Court Rules in Favor of Country of Origin Meat Labels
On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled in favor of allowing labels on meat products that say where animals were born, raised and slaughtered, according to Food & Water Watch. [caption id="attachment_328609" align="alignnone" width="500"] “We believe the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the American Meat Institute should honor this important court decision and cease their…
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Obama’s Methane Emissions Plan Puts Oil, Coal and Gas Industries on Notice
Methane emissions have decreased by 11 percent in the past 24 years, but they could pick back up by 2030 if actions aren’t taken to combat them. That’s why the powerful greenhouse gas is the center of a newly announced strategy by the White House. Released Friday as a new layer to President Barack Obama’s…
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Rare Alaskan Wolves Considered for Endangered Species Act Listing
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves may need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of unsustainable logging in the Tongass National Forest and elsewhere in southeast Alaska. The agency will now conduct an in-depth status review of this rare subspecies of gray wolf, which lives only in…