Category: Green Building LEED News
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Water Samples Show Disturbing Levels of Heavy Metals from Duke Energy Coal Ash Spill
[This is the third article in a three-part series. Read part one, read part two.] Today Waterkeeper Alliance and Yadkin Riverkeeper issued the results of water sampling from the Dan River in the wake of the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history. A certified laboratory analysis of Waterkeeper’s samples, completed today, reveals that the water…
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EPA Sued Over Toxic Pesticides in Pet Flea Collars
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking a responce to NRDC’s petitions to ban two hazardous pesticides used in popular pet flea treatment products. [caption id="attachment_320459" align="alignnone" width="500"] Flea collars are designed to leave chemical residue on pets fur to combat…
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Two Easy DIY Winter Bird Feeders
By Carla Brown Here are two simple, cute projects that you could make right now to help the birds in your yard. Like us, birds and other backyard wildlife are facing more snow and colder temperatures this year than typical in many regions of the country. Let’s give them a hand (or at least some…
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Latest version of LEED recognized in Dutch policy
Feature image: Slideshow images: An individual taking on his or her municipal or national government does not ha…
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SunEdison Installs 306-kW Parking Canopy at Brooklyn Whole Foods
SunEdison, a leading solar technology manufacturer and provider of solar energy services, today announced the completion of a 306-kWdc solar system for Whole Foods Market in Brooklyn, N.Y. SunEdison designed the system using an innovative parking canopy structure that collects […] — Solar Builder magazine