Category: Green Building LEED News
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The Skinny on Children and Toxic Turf
By Joan Spoerl Over the last two decades, I’ve worked as an early childhood educator and as a volunteer advocating for policies and practices that support the well-being of all children. To my mind, children’s well-being is inextricably linked to public health and environmental issues so I’ve accumulated a bit of information about these and…
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From Wolves to Beetles, Recent Findings Expose Flawed FWS Science
This was an exceptionally tough week for the scientific reputation of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). On Friday, FWS had to release findings from a specially convened independent peer review panel panning its plan to remove federal protections from the gray wolf. A day earlier, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) posted an…
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Wind Energy Provides $2.7 Million Tax Windfall for Two Communities
Ohio’s efforts to advance renewable energy faced opposition from state senators in 2013, but this month wind energy provided a clear example of its benefits. Iberdrola Renewables presented $2.7 million worth of checks to two Ohio communities Friday to commemorate the first of the annual payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT ) for the Blue Creek…
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Ocean Energy Industry Turns to Crowdfunding
Clean Reach wants to address the lack of early-stage funding for the industry.
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Study Finds Up to One Billion Birds Killed in Building Collisions Each Year
In the most comprehensive study of its kind, involving the review and analysis of almost two dozen studies and more than 92,000 records, federal scientists have found that between 365 and 988 million birds are likely killed in the U.S. each year as a result of collisions with buildings. The study, Bird–Building Collisions in the U.S.: Estimates…