Category: Green Building LEED News
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How College Campuses Are Creating New Models For Transportation
Americans are pedaling more and driving less, and college campuses are no exception. A new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, “A New Course: How Innovative University Programs Are Reducing Driving on Campus and Creating New Models for Transportation Policy,” details initiatives at colleges to make campuses more bicycle friendly in…
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Japan’s Fukushima Commits to 100% Renewable Energy
Japan’s residents are finding innovative home grown ways to move to clean energy as the country as a whole struggles with the transition.
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New Keystone XL Comedy Video Challenges Industry Claims
Today, on the first day of the State Department’s public comment period for the recently released environmental impact report on the Keystone XL pipeline, acclaimed comedians and climate justice advocates team up to release a provocative new video blasting the pipeline’s impact on jobs and the environment. Combining environmental justice politics with hilarious satire straight…
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Exclusive: Duke Energy Ongoing Coal Ash Spill Into Dan River
In the wake of what may be the third largest coal ash spill in U.S. history, Waterkeeper Alliance deployed a disaster response team to assess the damage and monitor remediation efforts by Duke Energy and the of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The team, which included staff from Waterkeeper Alliance, Yadkin Riverkeeper…
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“Super” Bowls, Fields, Stadiums, Arenas: Where we play has a huge opportunity to be green
Feature image: I had floor seats to the Syracuse-Duke game at the Carrier Dome Friday (hands down best basketball game EVER), and like virtually every other person on the planet, I d…