Category: Green Building LEED News
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Pesticides to Blame for UK’s Declining Turtle Dove Population
Unless regulators take action, one of the gifts in the lyrics to “Twelve Days of Christmas,” the turtle dove, may become extinct. The dove has experienced major population decline in England over the past 20 years, due in significant part to the destruction of turtle dove habitat and food sources from increasing herbicide use in English agriculture. [caption id=”attachment_315053″ align=”alignnone”…
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Top 11 Stories in 2013 on Powering the Internet With Renewables
By David Pomerantz 2013 has been a whirlwind of exciting developments for the growing idea that the Internet should be powered with clean energy, and it couldn’t happen at a better time. As access spreads around the world and people watch more streaming videos and share more photos, the Internet has the potential to become…
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5 Ways to Use Less Energy When Washing Clothes
OK, you’ve taken the first step toward energy-efficient laundering by purchasing an Energy Star washer. Here are five tips that can help your clothes washer use even less energy, courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program. [caption id="attachment_315336" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] 1. Always use high efficiency (HE) detergent. Front-loading clothes washers…
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Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Is Back to Frack Ohio With Investment of $1.7B
By Steve Horn Former Chesapeake Energy CEO and Founder Aubrey McClendon is back in the fracking game in Ohio’s Utica Shale in a big way, receiving a permit to frack five wells from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on Nov. 26. [caption id="attachment_315318" align="alignnone" width="500"] Aubrey McClendon, the former CEO of fracking giant Chesapeake Energy has just received permits for fracking wells…
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Climate Change Temperature Targets Still Too High
Current targets of 2°C are too high to avoid uncontrollable climate change, say 18 of the world’s top climatologists.