Category: Green Building LEED News
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New Auto Emissions Standards Could Save $19 Billion in Health Care Costs
By Peter Lehner [caption id="attachment_324216" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] When I worked for the City of New York, I often asked people what they felt was the worst environmental problem. Many said tailpipe pollution. Emissions from the tailpipes of cars and trucks seemed particularly insulting because—as we all walked our kids to school—the tailpipes seemed…
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Massachusetts Approves New England’s Largest-Ever Renewable Energy Procurement
[caption id="attachment_324213" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] While projects in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Maine are all vying to make the New England the home of the nation’s first offshore wind farm, one of those states recently amped up its on-land renewable energy in a major way. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said the state’s Department of…
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6 Reasons to Celebrate the Growth of the Ban Fracking Movement
It’s hard to recall a moment since last November’s election sweep in Colorado as indicative of both the breadth and growing power of the movement to protect communities from fracking. Through a series of outrageous developments, we’ve also seen recently, the hypocrisy of big oil and gas and the government officials that promote their interests. Following an…
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6 Reasons to Celebrate the Growth of the Ban Fracking Movement
It’s hard to recall a moment since last November’s election sweep in Colorado as indicative of both the breadth and growing power of the movement to protect communities from fracking. Through a series of outrageous developments, we’ve also seen recently, the hypocrisy of big oil and gas and the government officials that promote their interests. Following an…
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Lifting U.S. Crude Oil Export Ban Would Cook the Planet
A new analysis published today by Oil Change International entitled, Lifting the Ban, Cooking the Climate, shows that eliminating existing regulations on crude oil exports could result in additional greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 42 coal fired power plants. The analysis shows that allowing crude oil exports would eliminate a current price gap between the U.S. oil price…