Category: Green Building LEED News
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China Leads Wind Industry Growth for 2013
2013 was a very slow year for US wind additions, but 5 of 10 of the biggest wind farms in the US.
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U.S. Sailors Sick From Fukushima Radiation File New Suit Against Tokyo Electric Power
Citing a wide range of ailments from leukemia to blindness to birth defects, 79 American veterans of 2011’s earthquake/tsunami relief Operation Tomadachi (“Friendship”) have filed a new $1 billion class action lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power. The suit includes an infant born with a genetic condition to a sailor who served on the USS Ronald…
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Speaking Out in Support of Strong Carbon Pollution Standards
Thanks to Ronnie Citron-Fink and the great work of Moms Clean Air Force for encouraging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt strong carbon pollution standards for new power plants. Here’s a slideshow of photos from the press event and Citron-Fink’s testimony that she presented to the U.S. EPA last week: [blackoutgallery id=”320731″] I’ve traveled from…
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Girls Impact the World Film Festival
I received an email from Sarah Khan, a 15-year-old working to raise awareness about environmental issues affecting girls in Pakistan. She asked me if I could help promote the film she recently submitted to the Girls Impact the World Film Festival. Having never heard of the Girls Impact the World (GITW) Film Festival, I quickly…
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Slideshow: 8 Ways C40 Megacities Address Climate Change
The megacities that comprise the C40 Climate Leadership Group (C40) made some of the boldest, most impactful climate actions in the world since 2011. They included implementing energy efficiency regulations for buildings, instituting bus rapid transit lines, flood mapping efforts and initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a report from the C40 and Arup uncovered. C40 megacities…