Category: Green Building LEED News
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Spider-Man Joins Earth Hour 2014
In a first of its kind partnership, Spider-Man will be the first Superhero ambassador for Earth Hour, the global movement organized by World Wide Fund (WWF) with a message to inspire individuals to use their power to become Superheroes for the planet. Andy Ridley, CEO and co-founder of Earth Hour, and Jeff Blake, chairman of…
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How Smoking Pot Kills Wildlife
Marijuana illegally grown in the backwoods of Northern California uses large amounts of rat bait to protect their plants—and these chemicals are killing several species of wild animals, including rare ones, biologists say in a new report by NPR. According to the report, growers plant their marijuana in remote locations, hoping to elude detection. They…
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Watch Activist and Race Car Driver Leilani Munter Achieve Her Goal of Going Solar
About three years ago, Leilani Munter, an Automobile Racing Club of America driver dubbed the “Carbon-Free Girl,” set out to go solar at home and electric on the road when she wasn’t competing. The driver’s goal became a reality this week when Boulder, CO-based Main Street Power installed panels on her home after she made it known that…
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President Obama Pledges $2 Billion+ for Drought-Stricken California and U.S. Climate Resilience Fund
By Brett Walton Acting on climate change and the growing toll it’s taking on U.S. agriculture, President Obama today will announce a $1.2 billion aid package for farmers, ranchers and communities in California and several more agricultural states pummeled by a series of devastating droughts and snowstorms in the past year. The President also will…
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Conergy Completes Seven Solar Energy Systems in California
Conergy does it again: working with four-time partner, Washington Gas Energy Systems Inc., the team has successfully completed the installation of seven solar energy systems in California’s central valley for the City of Corcoran, Calif. This time the partners installed […] — Solar Builder magazine