Category: Green Building LEED News
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World’s Largest Grid Operator Reveals Why Increased Wind Energy Means Increased Savings
By Michael Goggin [caption id="attachment_324255" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] In the fall, PJM, the largest grid operator in the world, serving 60 million customers across 13 Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes states, issued the preliminary results of a major wind integration study. The final results of the study were released Monday and they are even better than the preliminary results. Among the highlights:…
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Documentary Spotlight: Yemeniettes
One of my favorite events of the year is almost here—the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) from March 19 to March 30 at Tower City Cinemas. There are eight eco-films this year, in CIFF’s It’s Easy Being Green sidebar sponsored by Great Lakes Brewing Company, bringing awareness and support to the environmental movement working to save our planet. I’ll feature one…
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Could This Winter’s Harsh Weather Wipe Out Invasive Insects?
As a frigid winter takes a toll on the U.S. and Canada, invasive insect populations are also taking a hit. The U.S. Forest Service estimates that up to 80 percent of emerald ash borers, which have been decimating ash tree populations, were killed by long stretches of bitter cold in the the upper Midwest this year. [caption…
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Apple CEO Stands Up to Climate Deniers
The National Center for Public Policy Research is making the rounds trying to force corporations to stop any project that isn’t soley about profitability.
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Brutal Cold Gives Forests Reprieve From Invasive Insects
Warmer winters have been decimating forests as invasive insects flourish, but not this winter.