Category: Green Building LEED News
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How California Will Use Renewables to Replace Massive Nuclear Plant
By Sierra Martinez California took another major and symbolic step this month with its decision to rely significantly on energy efficiency and other clean energy resources to help replace electricity once generated by the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS) serving San Diego and the greater Los Angeles area. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) made official…
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Celebrating the Burgeoning Green Roof Scene in DC
The Executive Director of DC Greenworks, Peter Ensign, recently teamed up with filmmaker Sandy Cannon-Brown to produce a short film on the burgeoning green roof scene in Washington, DC, and it will be screened at the venerable Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capitol on March 21. I used the occasion to ask him a few questions. Q. What will people…
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Robert Redford and Will Ferrell Team Up to Save the Colorado River Delta
Actors Robert Redford and Will Ferrell, along with professional surfer Kelly Slater, are part of a new project to support Raise the River, an initiative to breathe life back into the Colorado River Delta. Through humorous banter, Redford and Ferrell in a number of short video spots highlight the urgency to recreate lost habitat for fish,…
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President Obama’s 2015 Budget
Department of Energy gets a boost, EPA gets a cut, after years of cuts.
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Progressives’ Better Off Budget: 9 Million Jobs, $4 Trillion Deficit Reduction
Their annual budget consistently balances deficit reduction with investments that create jobs and strengthen the safety net, including climate change.