Category: Green Building LEED News
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China Installed More Solar Projects in 2013 Than Any Country In Any Year
China ended 2013 by annihilating the solar energy record books, and it wasn’t even close. China’s solar installations totaled more than that of any other country in any other year. China installed 12 gigawatts (GW) of photovoltaic (PV) projects, with a possibility of projects at the end of the year pushing that amount up to 14 GW,…
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Maryland Protests Planned Against Exporting Natural Gas
The proposed liquified natural gas plant would be the first on the East Coast and would lead to a even bigger surge in fracking.
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Senior Officials Accused of Skewing Science to Benefit Keystone XL Pipeline
Managers within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) overrode their scientific experts to adopt an inaccurate map based upon a flawed model that significantly shrank the range of an endangered species, according to agency investigative reports released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The managers not only retaliated against scientists who voiced…
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West Coast’s First Offshore Wind Turbine Gets Green Light For Development
The development of the U.S.’ first offshore wind farm received a boost this week, earning approval to begin building. The approval of a five-turbine, 30-megawatt (MW) pilot project off Coos Bay in Oregon was announced Wednesday by Gov. John Kitzhaber, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy Beaudreau. The farm would be about 15…
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Another Victory Strengthens Local GE and Pesticide Bans in Hawaii
Center for Food Safety (CFS) yesterday welcomed the committee defeat of SB 110, a bill that would have circumvented the legislative process for the so-called “Right to Farm” Act in Hawai’i. SB 110 would have stripped local control over agriculture and replaced it with a “one size fits all” policy dictated by the state. “This is…