Category: Green Building LEED News
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European Union Carbon Trading Fix Goes Into Effect
Starting next week, the EU will release fewer carbon permits which will finally raise the price.
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Electio Invest Special Report: Gold as an Investment
. ‘The majority of advisers generally agree that gold should not represent more than 5% of any investor’s portfolio. More would be ‘foolish’, says Adam Kenny, Head of Investments at Electio Invest
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Breaking: Hundreds of Youth Arrested at White House Protesting Keystone XL Pipeline
[Stay tuned to EcoWatch as we update this post as news unfolds on the arrests.] Today more than 1,000 youth from across the country marched to the White House from Georgetown University—where President Obama laid out his “climate test”—to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. Once at the White House, hundreds of youth were arrested while participating…
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13 Movies That Showcase the Great Outdoors
Academy Award season is officially in full swing. Have you seen these films that exhibit the outdoors (for better or worse)? America’s fascination with the outdoors began long before the growth of Hollywood in the early twentieth century, and so it has been woven throughout our cinematic history as well. Typically, the role of wilderness…
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It’s Time to Move Beyond Dirty Coal
Post Carbon Institute, Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and AlterNet have partnered to show what’s at stake in the fight against coal with a powerful slideshow of recent coal disasters including the Freedom Industries chemical spill, Duke Energy ash spill, West Virginia slurry spill, mountaintop removal mining and more. [blackoutgallery id=”323952″] After viewing this slideshow, read essays from The…