Category: Green Building LEED News
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2013 Center for Green Schools President’s Award: Mary Spilde, Lane Community College
Feature image: At the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia in November 2013, USGBC recognized those who’ve shown outstanding dedication to the movement to green our built environment through the annual Leadership A…
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EPA Will Require Offshore Frackers to Report Chemicals Discharged Into Pacific
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today established a new requirement for oil and gas operations off the Southern California coast to publicly report chemicals dumped directly into the ocean from offshore fracking operations. The notice, formally published today, announces the changes as part of a new permit for water pollution discharges from offshore oil…
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White House Launches ‘We the Geeks’ With Polar Vortex Discussion
The White House is responding to anti-science chatter about the cold weather.
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2013 Deadliest Year On Record for Manatees
Reported deaths of Florida manatees during 2013 have reached a record high, more than doubling last year’s total, according to state figures posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). A major factor driving this dramatic rise is the enormous toll from red tides, which accounted for a third of all the deaths and…
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300+ Groups Urge Climate Scientist Dr. Hansen to Rethink Support of Nuclear Power
A total of 311 U.S. and international environmental and clean energy groups said yesterday that, while they respect the climate change work of Dr. James Hansen and three of his academic colleagues, they take strong exception to the notion that nuclear power is the solution to global warming. [caption id="attachment_317386" align="alignnone" width="500"] Instead of embracing…