Category: Green Building LEED News
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National ‘Shout Out For Solar’ Day Gaining Momentum
By Rhone Resch On January 24, 1974—with Richard Nixon in the White House, but embroiled in the Watergate scandal—five people met in the noisy basement of the Washington Hilton to discuss the possibility of establishing an association for the nascent solar energy industry. They agreed to create “a broad-based trade association supporting prompt, orderly, widespread…
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Seventh Generation, Timberland and Others to Bring Green Chemistry to the Mainstream
[caption id="attachment_318768" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Companies and researchers involved with green chemistry wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of the concept. They fully acknowledge that the idea has yet to garner the recognition or public investment that renewable energy and green building have earned. As a result, 10 businesses and organizations…
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Does ‘Powering Forward’ Advise Obama to Frack Our Way to a Clean Energy Economy?
In a new 203-page report, Powering Forward: Presidential and Executive Agency Actions to Drive Clean Energy in America, former Democratic Gov. of Colorado Bill Ritter has published his recommendations to President Obama for how to transform our nation into a “clean energy economy” and fight climate change. Ritter, who heads the Center for the New Energy…
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Groups Call for Ban on Frac-Sand Mining in Wisconsin
A resolution calling for a ban on frac-sand mining and a halt to attacks on local democracy has been sent to Gov. Walker (R-WI), members of the Wisconsin Legislature and state and federal environmental regulators. [caption id="attachment_318731" align="alignnone" width="500"] Superior Silica Sands Mine-Town of Auburn-Chippewa County. Photo credit: Jim Tittle.[/caption] The resolution was created by the…
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How Cheap China-Manufactured Goods Impacts U.S. Air Quality
Cities like Los Angeles have been getting an extra smog-filled day per year, and a new study suggests that our demand for products made across the Pacific Ocean have a lot to do with it. A study published by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences suggests that large amounts of pollution that travel from China—and the environmental and health…