Category: Green Building LEED News
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Documentary Spotlight: The Horses of Fukushima
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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MSNBC Weighs in on Controversy Surrounding Exxon CEO’s Fracking Lawsuit
Last week, as reported on EcoWatch the Wall Street Journal broke a story about ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson joining a lawsuit that cites the consequences of fracking operations as reason to block the construction of a 160-foot water tower next to his Texas home. The tower would supply water to nearby fracking operations and the plaintiffs argue the project could lead to increased…
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Study Connects Monsanto’s Roundup to Fatal Kidney Disease Epidemic
A new study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health may have found a link between Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer and a fatal chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) epidemic, which has affected several poor farming regions across the globe, reports GreenMedInfo. CKDu, a disease which is almost completely treatable in wealthier countries, has…
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Mexico to Replace Oil Power Plant With Latin America’s Largest Solar Farm
By Ari Phillips Last week President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited Mexico for what’s traditionally called the “Three Amigos” meeting. In the daylong rendezvous, energy issues were slated to play a major role, with Obama and Harper jockeying for room when it comes to the impending decision on the controversial Keystone XL…
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Levi’s Makes 100,000 Pairs of Jeans With 100% Recycled Water
Denim might be the most well-known component of jeans, but it takes a good amount of water to give a pair the type of color and shape that make consumers want to reach into their pockets. Since drinking and bathing will always be infinitely more important uses for water, Levi Strauss & Co. is attempting…