Category: Green Building LEED News
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Two New Reports, One Conclusion: Fossil Fuel Divestment Crucial to Combating Climate Change
Two new reports released today in Brussels and Sydney will help strengthen the case for fossil fuel divestment, with one report emphasizing the growing risk of a carbon bubble resulting from overexposure to high carbon assets, and the other concluding that responsibly divesting from fossil fuels will not hurt financial performance. [caption id="attachment_324455" align="alignnone" width="390"] Graphic…
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Become a LEED Fellow in 2014
Published on: 5 Mar 2014 Feature image: Are you interested in becoming a LEED Fellow? Your time is now. The U.S. …
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USDA to Allow Chickens From U.S. to Be Shipped to China for Processing and Back to U.S. for Consumption, Just Like Seafood
Scores of Americans are in an uproar since Food Safety News revealed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will soon allow U.S. chickens to be sent to China for processing before being shipped back to the states for human consumption. [caption id="attachment_324436" align="alignnone" width="500"] Bureau of Labor Statistics data estimates that American poultry processors are…
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UL Is Dedicated to Helping Ensure the Safe Use of Lithium-ion Batteries for Generations to Come
From smartphones to electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries impact our lives in some way each and every day. That fact will continue to ring true in the coming decades as we march toward powering our planet with as much renewable energy as possible. That’s why lithium-ion batteries are part of UL’s New Science research—which is dedicated…
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Food Lion Joins Biggest US Supermarkets With Sustainable Seafood Policy
Food Lion’s strict policy requires full traceability of fish, whether wild or farmed.