Category: Green Building LEED News
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Japanese Cooperatives Help Identify Radiation in Soil and Food Post-Fukushima
By Nicola Wong Cooperatives are the backbone for Japan’s rural economy through their presence in agriculture, fisheries and even forestry. From rural to urban, farmer to consumer, and junior to elderly, cooperatives play a critical role throughout the Japanese economy. Since 1900, the Japan Agriculture Cooperative Group has been present in every village and nearly…
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10 Most Ethical Destinations to Visit in 2014
By Michael McColl Each year, Ethical Traveler, an Earth Island Institute project, researches and publishes a list of the 10 most ethical destinations in the developing world. The goal is to encourage developing nations to do the right thing, and to reward—with tourism spending—destinations whose policies and actions protect human rights and the environment. [blackoutgallery…
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Largest Power Company in U.S. Joins ALEC in Plot Against One State’s Solar Revolution
By David Pomerantz The new hot spot for solar energy in the U.S. is North Carolina. The state was second in the nation in solar growth in 2013, behind only California. In fact, if U.S. states were considered as countries, North Carolina would have been among the top 10 countries in the world for solar growth last year. All…
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“Shout Out For Solar” Day This Friday, Celebrates SEIA’s 40th Anniversary
Saying “solar makes sense,” leading businesses and environmental groups will join hundreds of thousands of people across the United States and around the world in support of the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) National “Shout Out For Solar” Day – […] — Solar Builder magazine
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12 Days After West Virginia Chemical Spill, Company Admits to Second Chemical
By Tina Casey Yep, you read that right. Almost two weeks after a storage tank was discovered to be leaking 7,500 gallons of the coal-washing chemical Crude MCHM into the Elk River/water supply for nine counties in West Virginia, company officials finally disclosed yesterday that 300 gallons of another chemical, “PPH, stripped,” was also part…