Category: Green Building LEED News
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WikiLeaks Reveals Environment Chapter of Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal
The chapter, which includes trade in green products and services, has no teeth.
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Amidst Mega-Drought Hundreds Urge Gov. Brown to Ban Fracking at State of the State Address
Around 200 concerned Californians gathered outside the Capitol building today to urge Gov. Brown (D-CA) to mitigate the state’s drought by halting the water-intensive drilling technique called fracking, and other extreme oil extraction methods. [caption id="attachment_318931" align="alignnone" width="500"] Activists unfurled a three-story banner across the street from the State House, where Gov. Brown was giving…
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ASES, Intersolar to Join Conferences This Year in San Francisco
Intersolar North America , the most attended industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange information and develop business opportunities in the U.S. solar market, today announced that partner American Solar Energy Society (ASES), the nation’s leading […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Google to Power Entire Data Center With Wind
Whether investing in a new project or powering its own facilities, Google Inc. seems like it’s never far away from renewable energy. The trend continued today when the search engine and tech company announced plans to power one of its data centers solely with wind energy. Google will purchase wind power from four wind farms…
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TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline’s Southern Leg to Begin Transporting Oil to U.S. Gulf Coast
TransCanada announced today the start up of the 485-mile southern segment of the Keystone XL, now called the Gulf Coast Pipeline, which runs from Cushing, OK, to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas. In anticipation of TransCanada’s announcement, Texas landowners launched a new oversight network today, Texas Pipeline Watch, to arm landowners and citizens along the route with cameras…