Category: Green Building LEED News
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SunPower Awards Engineering Curriculum Grants to California Schools
Today, SunPower awarded schools in four California school districts a total of $85,000 in grants to support the implementation of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) curricula for students. The grants were facilitated in partnership with Project Lead The Way […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Obama Announces Next Phase of Fuel Economy Standards for Buses & Trucks
The first standards ever for heavy-duty vehicles starts this year; the next phase starts in 2019.
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Gripping Report and Film Reveal How Fracking Boom Destroys Texans’ Lives
Shelby Buehring was born in South Texas and bought a home there in 1995, but he has grown to hate the area. That’s because the area’s fracking boom caused his wife, Lynn, to depend on an inhaler to help her breathe properly amid an atmosphere rife with thick black smoke, strong stenches and other environmental…
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Video Satire Blasts Dow Chemical’s ‘Agent Orange’ Crops
When deciding what produce to buy from the supermarket, the questions a shopper typically asks are pretty basic: How’s the color? Is it fresh? Can it withstand toxic chemicals that were once used to manufacture lethal nerve gas? Wait, what? The Center for Food Safety reports Dow Chemical has developed genetically-engineered, pesticide-promoting corn and soybeans that can…
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House Passes Trio of Damaging Anti-Environment Bills
By Mary Beth Beetham and Sandra Purohit The first week of February was a trying time for wildlife conservation. The U.S. House of Representatives literally waged a week-long war on wildlife and wildlands, passing three anti-wildlife bills. [caption id="attachment_321967" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The first bill, H.R. 3590, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreation Act, came…