Category: Green Building LEED News
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Renowned NYU Professor: GMOs Could Literally Destroy the Planet
Nassim Taleb, a renowned New York University (NYU) professor recently raised eyebrows when he said genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have the potential to cause “an irreversible termination of life at some scale, which could be the planet.” [caption id="attachment_324745" align="alignnone" width="500"] What effects will the genetic manipulation of nature have on our worldwide ecosystem? Photo…
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Dirty Energy Money Behind the Push to Frack California
A satirical online video featuring Gov. Brown (D-CA) was released yesterday by Oil Change International, highlighting the Governor’s penchant for fracking and dirty energy campaign donations. The video is the latest from the Big Oil Brown campaign effort which is pushing for a ban on fracking in California. The video parody, Frack Water, portrays a Gov. Brown look-alike outside a southern…
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Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposes Billions in Clean Energy Funding
President Barack Obama’s $3.9 trillion budget proposal for the 2015 fiscal year contains billions in potential renewable energy investments. The funding would vary from research to deployment efforts on federal lands and waters. In all, the president is requesting about $27.9 billion for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). [caption id="attachment_324720" align="alignnone" width="500"] President Barack Obama…
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3 Changes That Could Be Coming to a Nutrition Label Near You
By Diana Vilibert The nutrition label may be getting a makeover … but will its new look help you make healthier choices? That’s what the FDA is hoping. The new proposed nutrition labels will includes three major changes: 1. A more visible calorie count. Calories are front and center on the new proposed label, set…
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Congress Gets Together on Wilderness
Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes is the first Wilderness area designated by this Congress.