Category: Green Building LEED News
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Stanford Professor’s 50-State Plan For 100-Percent Renewable Energy
Remember Mark Jacobson, the Stanford University professor who during a Late Show With David Letterman appearance said we already have enough wind to power the entire world “seven times over?” That wasn’t hyperbole—Jacobson believes it and his team at the Solutions Project has unveiled a 50-state plan on how the U.S. could shed itself from oil, coal…
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Road trip across the Top 10 States for LEED
Feature image: A lot can happen in a day — let alone 365 of them. And in the case of green building that took place in the Top 10 States for LEED, those 365 days brought u…
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Rachel Maddow Devotes Large Portion of Show to Hazards of Fracking
Yesterday, as reported on EcoWatch, the Center for Public Integrity, InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel released an investigative report and short film on how volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released during the fracking process are polluting the air in South Texas, home of the Eagle Ford Shale basin. Last night, Rachel Maddow devoted an extended portion of her MSNBC show to the barrage…
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How Hawaii is Transitioning From Oil Reliance to Solar Energy
By Bentham Paulos From an energy perspective, Hawaii is unique. Located in the middle of the Pacific, the Aloha State runs on imported oil. But its island environment—from sunny days to active volcanoes—also holds the keys to a future powered by renewable energy. Oil powers Hawaii’s cars, trucks, planes and boats, and generates 72 percent of…
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New Research Shows Tree Roots Regulate CO2, Keep Climate Stable
By Tim Radford Trees have become a source of continuous surprise. Only weeks after researchers demonstrated that old forest giants actually accumulate more carbon than younger, fast-growing trees, British scientists have discovered that the great arbiters of long-term global temperatures may not be the leaves of an oak, pine or eucalyptus, but the roots. [caption id=”attachment_322114″ align=”alignnone”…