Category: Green Building LEED News
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Yellowstone Begins 2014 Wild Bison Slaughter
Yellowstone National Park shipped 20 of America’s last wild bison to slaughter yesterday morning. Twenty-five bison were captured Friday in the Stephens Creek bison trap, located inside the world’s first national park. After being confined in the trap for five days, 20 of the bison were handed over to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes,…
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4 Romantic Rainforest Retreats
Environmentally sustainable, socially responsible and casually luxurious. The eco-lodges and resorts featured in this Valentine’s Day travel roundup are good for the planet, support local communities and offer romantic rainforest experiences year-round. Costa Rica Nestled in the unspoiled jungles of Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, Bosque del Cabo Rainforest Lodge is a dream for romantics and…
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More Wind Energy, Lower Electricity Prices
Research shows that electricity prices decline as wind energy supplies more of a state’s electricity.
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Solar Jobs Now Spread Across the US, California Retains Big Lead
Even though California leads by a wide margin, most regions of the US now have many thousands of solar jobs.
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Illinois Strip Mine Showdown is Last Best Hope
When besieged residents, already choked by toxic coal dust, face off with Peabody Energy officials on Feb. 18, in Harrisburg, at an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) hearing for a five-year strip mine expansion permit, more than 1,019 paltry acres will be at stake. As President Lincoln once invoked in a moment of crisis, the courageous residents in…