Category: Green Building LEED News
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FDA Bungles BPA Study Triggering Uproar Within Scientific Community
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientists published a study in February finding that low-level exposure to the controversial plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA) is virtually harmless—a conclusion that stirred an uproar within academic circles. [caption id="attachment_327827" align="alignnone" width="500"] Standing in contrast to the FDA findings are countless studies that found BPA—an estrogenic chemical—was linked to serious health…
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Groups Sue EPA for Failing to Protect Endangered Species From Dangerous New Pesticide
Conservation and food-safety groups filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today for failing to protect hundreds of endangered fish, butterflies and other species from a new, toxic pesticide called cyantraniliprole. The EPA violated the Endangered Species Act by approving the widespread agricultural and residential use of the new pesticide…
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Why Investing in Aging Coal Plants is a Losing Bet
This entry is the first of a two-part follow up to the blog Long wrote last fall. This first entry focuses on the national story, the next entry will focus on coal in the west. Across the U.S., economics are increasingly favoring investment in renewable energy at the expense of dirty coal energy. As the price of solar…
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New reporting initiative helps federal agencies continue their green building leadership
Published on: 24 Mar 2014 Feature image: U.S. federal government agencies were some of the earliest adopters of L…
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Dragonfly Solar, SolarWorld to Deliver 517-kW Solar Farm in Midwest
Dragonfly Solar, a commercial solar developer based in Lakeville, Minn., and SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer since 1975, will partner to deliver a 517-kW solar array to four electric utility cooperatives in the U.S. Midwest. The project is the nation’s first and largest to be developed under a modelRead More — Solar Builder magazine