Category: Green Building LEED News
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Texas Supreme Court Favors Landowner Over TransCanada in Keystone XL Eminent Domain Case
The Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of landowner Julia Trigg Crawford, ordering TransCanada to submit information by Feb. 6 as the justices weigh arguments to hear the case regarding eminent domain abuse. [caption id="attachment_317367" align="alignnone" width="500"] The controversial clause of eminent domain benefits oil and gas companies trying to seize private land to extract…
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Conservation Groups to Sue Over Wind Turbine Project in Key Bird Migration Corridor
The Ohio National Guard facility at Camp Perry, near Port Clinton in northern Ohio, is the focus of possible legal action by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), a leading national bird conservation organization, and Ohio’s Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO), which yesterday announced the intention to sue the Ohio National Guard in connection with violations of…
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What’s Our Biggest Export to China? Scrap!
Incredibly, more people are employed by global scrap market than any industry besides agriculture.
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World Bank Offers Free Online Course on Climate Change
We are at a make it or break it point, says the World Bank.
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Reimagining New York for a New Reality
Governor Cuomo is proposing massive changes to make the state more resilient to a changing climate.