Category: Green Building LEED News
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Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit Against Fracking! Denton Seeks Ban
How ironic that Exxon’s CEO doesn’t want fracking near his home … and other fracking news.
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USDA Policy Fails to Address GMO Contamination of Organic Crops
By Lisa J. Bunin, Ph.D. At a time when consumers are demanding greater access to organic and non-genetically engineered (GE) foods, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest, “coexistence” policy threatens the ability and right of consumers to make that shift. [caption id="attachment_322821" align="alignnone" width="500"] Until March 4, the public has a unique opportunity to…
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Renewable Energy Provided 99 Percent of New Power Generation in January
The new year began with as green a bang as any renewable energy advocate could have hoped for. Renewable sources provided nearly 100 percent of the new power generation installed in the U.S. in January, according to new data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Of the 325 megawatts (MW) of added generation, only 1…
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Long-Overdue EPA Pesticide Regulations Fail to Fully Protect Farmworkers
By Ronnie Greene Ushering in what it called “milestone” changes to better protect the nation’s farmworkers from pesticides, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lask week proposed a slate of updates to its agricultural Worker Protection Standard. The enhanced protections come 22 years after the EPA last revised the rules intended to safeguard the nation’s 2 million…
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Documentary Spotlight: Antarctica, A Year on Ice
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…