Category: Green Building LEED News
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Did the Canadian Government Break the Law by Approving GE Salmon?
Center for Food Safety (CFS), Food & Water Watch and Friends of the Earth-U.S. commend Ecojustice, Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans Society for challenging the Canadian federal government’s approval of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered (GE) salmon. [caption id="attachment_318515" align="alignnone" width="500"] The groups are asking the court to invalidate the assessment of AquaBounty’s GE salmon, and require the government to comply…
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India Surpasses 2013 Solar Energy Goal, Adds 1 Gigawatt to Grid
By this time last year, India was less than 30 percent to its goal of installing 800 megawatts (MW) of solar energy. As 2013 continued, the country made impressive progress, pushing the amount past 1 gigawatt (GW) for the year, according to India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The country’s total amount of solar…
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13 Ways the EU Beats the U.S. on Food Safety
How does the U.S. stack up against the European Union (EU) on food safety issues? In addition to restrictions on pesticide use in food production, the EU also has remarkably different standards when it comes to matters such as GMOs, hormones, questionable chemicals and other additives. The editors of YES! Magazine created this great infographic highlighting 13…
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Whole Foods Supports Local Growers and Producers With $25 Million
Whole Foods Market is loaning millions to ensure that even more products from local growers, producers and artisans all over make it to the shelves of their 370-plus stores around the globe. The retailer has announced a $25 million boost to its popular Local Producer Loan Program. Since the program’s 2007 inception, Whole Foods has aided 155…
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Simplicity Steps Up a Notch
The combiner box of today does more than just hold wires and fuses. Most solar product names are self-explanatory — an inverter inverts, a tracking system tracks, an optimizer optimizes. And even though a combiner box falls in this self-explained […] — Solar Builder magazine