Category: Green Building LEED News
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Polls Show Shale Gas Is More Popular in Theory Than Practice
By Robin Webster Public opposition to shale gas could be rising, despite the government’s attempts to promote the fuel, according to recent UK polls. The closer the industry gets to reality—and to people’s homes—the more worried the public gets. Politicians are waxing enthusiastic about the prospect of a new UK shale gas industry. But protesters are worried…
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Slideshow: Thousands Attend Vigils Last Night Protesting Keystone XL
Last night, thousands of people attended more than 270 vigils around the country with this unified message: Keystone XL fails President Obama’s climate test. The vigils were in response to the State Department’s release on Friday of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Check out this slideshow representing a small sampling of the vigils: [blackoutgallery id=”320097″] This video was…
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How Saving Ecosystems Saves Lives
By Dr. Will Turner One of the first things you realize about Borneo is how difficult it can be to land a plane. On my first trip there, our plane circled the provincial capital of Palangkaraya for a half hour before a window in the smoke opened long enough to land. Like many places…
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Massachusetts Leads Again, This Time Bans Food Waste
Banning food waste from big commercial operations will meet the states twin goals of increasing renewable energy and cutting emissions.
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More Enormous Solar Plants Come Online in California
In the past year, utility-scale solar almost tripled in the state, producing the energy of 13 coal plants.