Category: Green Building LEED News
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California Installed More Rooftop Solar in 2013 Than Previous 30 Years Combined
By Kiley Kroh 2013 was a banner year for clean energy, and the U.S. solar industry was no exception. California, the nation’s solar standout, more than doubled its rooftop solar installations last year from 1,000 megawatts (MW) to 2,000 MW. To put this number in perspective, writes Bernadette Del Chiaro of the California Solar Energy Industries Association,…
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Clean Energy Challenge to Award $500,000 to Startups and Students
The Chicago-based Clean Energy Trust is ready to award $500,000 to startups who only have one week left to submit applications within the next week. Finalists selected for the 2014 Clean Energy Challenge will receive mentoring and training from the Trust to prepare for the competition on April 3 Chicago. The panel of investors, researchers and green…
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Canadian Solar Sells 10-MW Solar Site to TransCanada
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., has completed the sale of Mississippi Mills, a 10-MWac solar power plant valued at over C$61.0 million to TransCanada Corporation […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Alternatives to Factory Farmed Milk
By Alexis Baden-Mayer and Katherine Paul There are plenty of reasons to boycott milk from factory farms, beginning with your own health. Dairy cows raised on grass pastures produce milk that is higher in omega-3 fats, vitamin E and beta-carotene than milk from cows raised on grain. Milk from grassfed cows also contains five times as much conjugated linoleic acid,…
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2014 Will Be a Make or Break Year for GMO and ‘Natural’ Food Labeling Fight
2014 is shaping up to be a decisive year for the future of food and farming. Grassroots activists are gearing up for new legislative battles, including state GMO labeling laws and county bans on growing genetically engineered crops. Meanwhile the multinational food corporations last month raised the stakes in the ongoing David vs. Goliath battle by…