Category: Green Building LEED News
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Humane Society Uncovers Unconscionable Animal Cruelty in Kentucky
The object of posting this undercover exposé isn’t about shock value or sensationalizing an activist cause, rather, it has been published to convey a sad and simple truth—unspeakable animal cruelty heavily permeates America’s food industry. Warning: The following video contains graphic material that may be unsuitable for some viewers. The Humane Society of the United States…
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7 Foods Experts Once Said Were Bad for Us That Turned Out to Be Healthy
By Evelyn Nieves In the future, when we’re zipping around the biosphere on our jetpacks and eating our nutritionally complete food pellets, we won’t have to worry about what foods will kill us or which will make us live forever. [caption id="attachment_322709" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Until then, we’re left to…
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Exxon CEO Joins Lawsuit, Concerned Fracking Operations Will Devalue His $5 Million Property
By Rebecca Leber As ExxonMobil’s CEO, it’s Rex Tillerson’s job to promote the hydraulic fracturing enabling the recent oil and gas boom, and fight regulatory oversight. The oil company is the biggest natural gas producer in the U.S., relying on the controversial drilling technology to extract it. [caption id="attachment_322705" align="alignnone" width="500"] Rex Tillerson is ExxonMobil’s…
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MSNBC’s The Ed Show Visits Nebraska to Hear From Those in the Path of Keystone XL Pipeline
Today, MSNBC news host Ed Schultz traveled to Nebraska to meet with farmers and ranchers facing threats of eminent domain on their land from TransCanada for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Schultz came to Nebraska to hear firsthand and share with his audience the stories of people in the path of the pipeline. They met at the Build Our…
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Scientists Discover Two Fatal Diseases Capable of Transmitting From Honey Bees to Bumblebees
A new study published in the journal Nature investigating two infectious diseases—deformed wing virus (DWV) and the fungal parasite Nosema ceranea—finds that they could be spreading from honey bees to bumblebees, dramatically shortening the lifespan of the wild bumblebees. The study gives credence to recent research demonstrating that pesticide use compromises immune system functioning, dramatically raising their susceptibility to diseases.…