Category: Green Building LEED News
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How Esther the Wonder Pig Inspired Me to Go Vegan
Esther came into our lives more than 19 months ago. In that time our world has been turned upside down and spun around in the most incredible ways. Our eyes and minds have been opened. We’ve been thrown headfirst into a world we knew little about. We’ve become “accidental activists.” [blackoutgallery id=”318565″] Let’s go back…
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$1 Trillion Bipartisan Spending Bill Mixed Bag for Water Programs
By Brett Walton After a period of budget gloom, the $1 trillion spending bill approved by the House and Senate last week brought a little cheer to water programs, which fared relatively well. Some of the harshest sequestration cuts have been restored. [caption id="attachment_318557" align="alignnone" width="500"] Among the programs that were saved from budget cuts include the…
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Groups Debunk Myths About Wind Power’s Impact on Wildlife
By John Anderson Wind energy has the lowest environmental impacts of any source of electricity generation, with modern wind power plants collectively being far less harmful to birds than radio towers, tall buildings, and numerous other human-made objects. That fact aside, there’s no doubt about it: as a renewable energy leader, wind power is held…
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Soil Microbes Alter DNA in Response to Climate Change
A 10-year study of soil ecosystems has determined that microbes alter their genetic code in response to a warming climate so they can process excess carbon being absorbed by plants from the atmosphere, a team of U.S. researchers reports in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. [caption id="attachment_318537" align="alignnone" width="500"] New research shows soil microbes can alter their DNA…
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Six Developing Countries Get $41 Million in Loans to Deploy Renewable Energy
Six renewable energy projects in developing countries will soon become realities, thanks to $41 million in financing. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) used suggestions from an advisory panel to hand out the loans to complete projects that will deploy wind, solar, hydro and biomass technologies, according to…