Category: Green Building LEED News
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U.S. Scientists Convert Algae to Crude Oil in Less Than an Hour
By Tim Radford U.S. scientists believe they may have cracked one of the great biofuel conundrums. They have turned a thick soup of algae into a mix of crude oil, gas, water and plant nutrients in less than an hour. That is, they have taken 60 minutes to do what Nature does—at great pressures and…
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Fracking Pipeline Stirs Controversy in Bluegrass State
By Natasha Khan The land agent first came knocking on Vivian and Dean House’s door in July. They sat on the patio of the retired couple’s 85-acre farm in this Central Kentucky town and chatted. The guy was friendly, the kind of guy Dean could talk to about fishing. He put the couple at ease…
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How Climate Change Threatens Christmas Trees
By Kelly Henderson As someone who celebrates Christmas, every year after Thanksgiving I look forward to the ever-tedious process of selecting the perfectly well-balanced Christmas tree to decorate and adore for weeks to come as we enter the holiday season. [caption id="attachment_316071" align="alignnone" width="500"] The “perfect” Christmas tree can take up to 10 years to…
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Video: EV Charging Etiquette
It probably wasn’t easy learning what to do and—more importantly—what not to do at the first U.S. gas stations in the early 1900s, but we eventually found our way. You have to imagine the same will happen at electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. Sure, EV owners have chargers at home, but retailers have already begun…
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7 Reasons to Celebrate 2013′s Renewable Energy Achievements
By John Rogers The last 12 months have brought a lot of change to the world—some good, some less so; some too fast, some too slow. But in the energy space, the essential transition to energy that is cleaner, healthier, lower-cost and more secure is definitely underway in the U.S. [caption id="attachment_316081" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo…