Category: Green Building LEED News
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5 Products You Should Stop Buying (And Start Making Yourself)
By Jordyn Cormier If you want to save money and stop supporting mega-corporations, try making these five do-it-yourself items instead. Even if you cannot make them on a regular basis, these five DIYs are fun and educational projects (you can even get your kids in on the action), and stocking up on local supplies can…
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USGS Maps Fracking in Fragile Region of Wyoming
Oil and gas wells, including those involved in hydraulic fracturing—fracking—operations, scar a major portion of southwest Wyoming, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey. [caption id="attachment_322937" align="alignnone" width="635"] The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative identified nearly 17,000 oil and gas well pad scars, shown in blue and green, in southwest Wyoming. The scars date…
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Groups Launch Ballot Initiative to Give Coloradans Local Control Over Fracking
Colorado had a busy weekend, launching a state ballot initiative that would give residents control over whether to allow fracking in their communities and approving fracking regulations for methane. The state’s Air Quality Control Commission approved regulations jointly created by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and large oil and gas companies like Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and Noble Energy Inc. that are designed to fix tank…
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11K+ Call on Chevron to Apologize for Responding to Gas Well Explosion With Pizza Coupons
When one of its gas wells exploded in Dunkard Township, Greene County, PA, killing one worker, injuring another and sparking a fire that burned for days, Chevron responded by issuing pizza coupons to area residents. Today, thousands outraged by the insulting gesture let Chevron’s CEO and staff know that pizza does not mean never having…
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Canadian Solar to Power Five Strata Solar Projects in North Carolina
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced it was selected by Strata Solar to power five utility scale projects totaling 30 MW. The five North Carolina projects are located in Orange, Lincoln, Union, Rockingham […] — Solar Builder magazine