Category: Green Building LEED News
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New Rule Bans China-Assembled Solar Panels for Military Sites
SolarWorld, the largest U.S. solar manufacturer for more than 35 years, applauded the administration of President Barack Obama as well as the U.S. Department of Defense for issuing a rule that the company said could help to restore the intended […] — Solar Builder magazine
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PSEG Acquires Two Solar Power Plants from Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies and PSEG announced that Canadian Solar’s subsidiary, CSI Holdco LLC sold two utility-scale solar power plants totaling 4.4 MWdc (3 MWac) to PSEG subsidiary, PSEG Solar Source. The plants have a […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Climate Change Roulette and Water Scarcity
By Suzanne York A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that climate change is likely to put 40 percent more people worldwide at risk of absolute water scarcity, due to changes in rainfall and evaporation. Unsurprisingly, the study noted that “Expected future…
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Good News on Christmas Day for Arctic 30
The final chapter in the legal ordeal of the Arctic 30 began today as the group was asked to attend a meeting at Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee, where the criminal case against them is being dropped en masse. They will then have one more hurdle—securing exit visas in their passports—before the non-Russians are free to leave…
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10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2013 Too Important to Miss
By Andrew Winston Somehow it’s already year-end, a time to look back and try to make sense of what’s happened. Creating any “top” list of stories from 12 months is nearly impossible. But as I’ve done for the last four years, I’ll attempt to summarize some of the latest stories about the big environmental and…