Category: Green Building LEED News
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Upcoming webinar: Can Cellular Based Metrics Improve Commute Assessments?
Published on: 18 Mar 2014 Feature image: Join USGBC and StreetLight Data for a webinar to learn more about whether cellular based metrics can improve commute assessments. 2:00–3:00 pm EDTThursday, March 27, 2014RSVP Trave…
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Upcoming webinar: Can Cellular Based Metrics Improve Commute Assessments?
Published on: 18 Mar 2014 Feature image: Join USGBC and StreetLight Data for a webinar to learn more about whethe…
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16 Environmental Groups Implore Obama to End Fracked Gas Exports
The heads of 16 national and regional climate advocacy groups don’t see how exporting fracked and liquefied natural gas (LNG) fits into a climate change agenda. The group says proposals to expand the country’s fracking exports would undermine President Barack Obama’s efforts to battle climate change. They let him know as much in a jointly signed letter…
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What to Avoid in Toothpaste, and How to Make Your Own
Fluoride has made the news (again) recently, for potentially being linked to autism in children to being under fire in U.S. Federal Court because of dental fluorosis. An ongoing concern is the safety of water fluoridation, with some cities actively fighting fluoridation of their drinking water, such as Portland, OR. But this got me thinking about…
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Cleveland Passes Resolution for Nationwide Ban on Misuse of Antibiotics on Factory Farms
In Ohio, Cleveland City Council passed a resolution Monday supporting a nationwide ban on the misuse of antibiotics on factory farms, with the support of Food & Water Watch and councilman Joe Cimperman. On Monday, Food & Water Watch activists stand with Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman, Council President Kevin Kelly, Director of the Cleveland Department of…