Category: Green Building LEED News
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Alberta Doctors Reluctant to Treat Patients Who Draw Connection Between Tar Sands and Health
By Andy Rowell Later today hearings are scheduled to begin on emissions and vapors emanating from the tar sands, specifically around the Peace River area in northwestern Alberta, Canada. The hearings, which have been scheduled by the Albertan Energy Regulator, have come after years of complaints by local residents into the odors, which are so bad some families…
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North Carolina Hosts Obama’s First Innovation Hub
In the next five years, the goal is for next generation power electronics to be cost-competive, affecting everything from electric cars to a smart grid.
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Yale Study Finds Nearly One-Quarter of Americans Are Climate Deniers
The good news is that most Americans—63 percent—believe global warming is happening. That figure has been steady since last spring. However, the disheartening part of a joint report from Yale and George Mason universities centers on climate deniers. The amount of people who do not believe global warming is happening has increased by 7 percentage points to…
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250+ Bottlenose Dolphins Captured in Japan’s Taiji Cove Hunt
As we have witnessed the torture endured by 250+ dolphins in a cove in Taiji, Japan the past four days, as their families have been torn apart, and as our Cove Guardians continue to witness and show the world what is happening, we would like to share a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
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IHS Announces Top Solar Modules Suppliers for 2013
China was the largest solar market in the world in 2013, besting a hotly contested field that included Japan, the United States and Germany, and Chinese manufacturer Yingli Green Energy was also the globe’s foremost supplier of solar modules for […] — Solar Builder magazine