Category: Green Building LEED News
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New, Improved Vegetarian and Vegan Food Pyramid
By Jessica Ramos We know that vegetarian and vegan aren’t synonymous with healthy. Junk food vegans and vegetarians do exist. After all, you can technically get a vegetarian burger at Burger King. Many new vegans flock to PETA’s Accidentally Vegan Food List (which may or may not be entirely vegan—it depends on your personal definition…
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How Offshore Wind Turbines Could Have Calmed Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy
By Tim Radford U.S. engineers have thought of a new way to take the heat out of a hurricane. Fortuitously-placed offshore wind farms could make dramatic reductions in wind speeds and storm surge wave heights. Hurricanes are capricious consequences of peculiar sea temperature and wind conditions, while wind farms are the outcome of years of…
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Study Surveys Veterans’ Powerful Presence in U.S. Solar Energy Industry
For the first time, a report has gauged the contributions of veterans in the U.S. solar industry. According to Veterans in Solar: Securing America’s Energy Future, released today by Operation Free and The Solar Foundation, 9.3 percent of the workers in the nation’s solar sector are veterans. That’s good for 13,192 employees who happen to be veterans of…
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Slideshow: Celebrating Denali National Park’s 97th Birthday
Today marks Alaska’s Denali National Park—originally called Mount McKinley National Park by Congress—97th birthday. The wildlife and rugged terrain that first made it a cause celebré for the conservation movement remain as striking as ever. [blackoutgallery id=”323202″] Modern-day Denali National Park and Preserve draws around 400,000 visitors per year, and it isn’t hard to see why.…
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Hampshire College Launches 100% Local Food Challenge
Long known for progressive leadership, the Massachusetts college will attempt to source all food within 150 miles of campus.