Category: Green Building LEED News
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Nebraska Landowners Win Court Ruling Against Keystone Pipeline, Canada Mums Doctors, Activists
The route of the pipeline through Nebraska is no longer valid, as Canada’s doctors and environmental groups fear retribution from the government.
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Judge Sides With Landowners, Strikes Down Eminent Domain Law Allowing Keystone XL
Yesterday the Lancaster County District Court in Lincoln, NE found LB 1161—the law that amended Nebraska state pipeline laws to clear the way for the Keystone XL pipeline by granting the power of eminent domain to Gov. Heineman and in turn TransCananda—unconstitutional and void, according to Bold Nebraska. “Citizens won today,” said Jane Kleeb, director of Bold Nebraska. “We beat a…
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Women Without Borders, Patagonia Without Dams
By Patrick J. Lynch A five-day ride on horseback ìs redefining citizen-based environmental advocacy in Patagonia. Amidst growing concerns about the destruction of Patagonia at the hands of the mining and energy sectors, 45 women from different regions of Chile and Argentina came together in January for a five-day cabalgata to call attention to the damming of…
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How a German Village Created an Independent Grid and a Renewable Energy Future
By Laurie Guevara-Stone Regardless of debate about the success of Germany’s renewables revolution, there is no denying that a small town in the corner of rural eastern Germany, 40 miles south of Berlin, may be one of the best examples of decentralized self-sufficiency. Feldheim (population: 150), in the cash-strapped state of Brandenburg, was a communist collective farm back when…
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Obama’s Nuke-Powered Drone Strike on America’s Fiscal Sanity
So the “all the above” energy strategy now deems we dump another $6.5 billion in bogus loan guarantees down the atomic drain. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced finalization of hotly contested taxpayer handouts for the two Vogtle reactors being built in Georgia. Another $1.8 billion waits to be pulled out of your pocket and poured…