Category: Green Building LEED News
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New Investigation Finds Hazardous Chemicals in Kids Clothing
A new investigation by Greenpeace has found a broad range of hazardous chemicals in children’s clothing and footwear across a number of major clothing brands, including fast fashion, sportswear and luxury brands. [caption id="attachment_317861" align="alignnone" width="500"] A total of 82 children’s textile products were purchased in 25 countries worldwide from flagship stores. Photo courtesy of…
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Woman Breaks Barriers to Achieve Dream of Working in Wind Energy
By Meredith MacDonald [caption id="attachment_317851" align="alignright" width="266"] Meredith MacDonald. Photo credit: Life Among Giants[/caption] In September of 2010, I set foot on my first wind project as a security guard. I must admit I had set foot on wind farms prior to this, but just as a gawker who wanted to see the giant components up…
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How Passage of TPP Could Bypass Fracking Bans in the U.S.
On Jan. 9, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. Camp (R-MI) introduced the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014, otherwise known as “fast track,” which could facilitate passage of deeply flawed trade agreements including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact with limited public and Congressional input. If fast-track legislation is approved by Congress, President…
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5 Reasons the Keystone XL Pipeline Flunks President Obama’s Climate Test
In December at Georgetown University, Tom Steyer’s NextGen Climate Action and the Center for American Progress Action Fund brought together experts from around the U.S. and Canada to answer the question: Can Keystone Pass the President’s Climate Test? Could the Keystone XL pass President Obama’s test of not “significantly” increasing carbon pollution? The unanimous answer from climate scientists,…
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Supreme Court Sides With Monsanto, Against Organic Farmers
If Monsanto’s GMO seeds spread to organic crops, innocent farmers can be sued for patent infringement.