Category: Green Building LEED News
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West Virginia, Where Solar Growth Would Help
The state lags the country on solar installations because of the lack of supportive policies.
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Texas On the Verge of Getting 10% Electricity From Wind
Wind energy has doubled in Texas in the past five years and is on the verge of supplying 10% of the state’s electricity.
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11 Arrested at Monsanto Protest Outside Shareholder Meeting
Dozens of protestors from around the globe rallied against Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, on Tuesday urging its shareholders to consider the risks of growing and consuming genetically modified crops. [blackoutgallery id=”319684″] Protestors, with signs in hand, converged at the Monsanto headquarters in suburban St. Louis, MO during the company’s annual investors meeting in…
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Ten U.S. Cities Band Together to Cut Climate Pollution
The mayors of 10 U.S. cities announced a cooperative plan Wednesday that could result in collective, energy bill savings of up to $1 billion per year. The municipalities will join together in the City Energy Project (CEP), an initiative to reduce climate pollution from buildings, which are easily the cities’ largest sources of energy use. The Natural Resources…
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Video: Fracking the Land of Lincoln
A disturbing new video of poisoned water, leaking oil rigs, and lax enforcement at Illinois oil wells highlights why proposed fracking regulation won’t protect the state’s environment or people. The Greenpeace interview with a southern Illinois native and former oil worker shows a fracking test well in a neglected part of the state where weak enforcement at existing wells…