Category: Green Building LEED News
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8 Ways to Make Coffee Healthy
By Authority Nutrition Coffee is good for you. For many people, it is actually the single largest source of antioxidants in the diet, outranking both fruits and vegetables… combined. Here are a few tips to turn your coffee from healthy… to super healthy. [blackoutgallery id=”322374″] Visit EcoWatch’s TIPS page for more related news on this topic.
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New Car Labels Would Promote Use of Renewable Fuels
New labels affixed to cars would increase peoples’ awareness of the value of filling up with renewable fuels.
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1,000+ Health Care Professionals Call on President Obama to Halt Fracking
Today, Environment America Research & Policy Center and its state affiliates delivered letters from more than 1,000 doctors, nurses and other health professionals to President Obama and state decision-makers asserting that fracking should be stopped, given the overwhelming threats to public health. The letters come as public awareness of the health and environmental impacts of…
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Key Turbine Deals Could Make Rhode Island Offshore Wind Farm the Nation’s First
There’s clearly a lot of honor in being named the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., and developers keep that in mind with each deal they strike and announcement they make. In the past two weeks, Deepwater Wind announced deals that it believes keeps its Block Island Wind Farm “on target to become the nation’s first…
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10 Urban Farming Projects Flourishing in Boston
Urban agriculture and the local food movement are flourishing as farms and gardens continue to pop up across Boston’s inner-city sprawl. To highlight the green movement, Food Tank created a top ten list of the city’s innovative urban agriculture projects. 1. Berkeley Community Garden, a community of 140 farmers in Boston’s South End, grows a variety of…