Category: Green Building LEED News
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Solar Installations Drop in Arizona After Fee Introduced
Now, a state bill would raise property taxes on people that have solar, while 15 states get push-back on net metering.
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345 Species at Risk in Canada
Of 345 species at risk in Canada, more than 160 have waited far too long for recovery strategies. Thanks to a recent federal court decision, four luckier ones are finally getting overdue plans detailing steps needed to save and protect them, including identifying habitat they need to survive. But to make it happen, environmental groups…
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Breaking: 9 Arrested After Death-Defying Protest of P&G’s Use of Palm Oil
In James Bond style, nine Greenpeace activists were arrested Tuesday after they rappelled down Cincinnati’s Procter & Gamble (P&G) skyscraper and hung two large posters protesting P&G’s use of palm oil in its Head & Shoulders products. The naturally-occurring oil is typically extracted through widespread deforestation and has pushed exotic animals, like the orangutan and…
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Join us at the 2014 Building Energy Summit
Published on: 4 Mar 2014 Feature image: USGBC is proud to be an education partner with the 2014 Building Ene…
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Enbridge to Double Carrying Capacity of Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline
By Heather Libby In its largest capital project in history, Enbridge plans to do what Transcanada so far can’t—ship more than half a million barrels of heavy oil across the U.S. border without President Barack Obama’s direct approval. [caption id="attachment_324372" align="alignnone" width="648"] Graphic courtesy of Enbridge[/caption] Late Monday evening, Enbridge announced plans for its largest capital project…