Category: Green Building LEED News
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Live Forum: Economics is the Achilles Heel of Fracking
On Monday, Dec. 16 at 5 p.m. Pacific/8 p.m. Eastern, EcoWatch will feature a live briefing and conversation with Richard Heinberg and Deborah Rogers as they explore how the anti-fracking community can turn the fracking industry’s biggest weapon into their greatest vulnerability. Hosted by Americans Against Fracking, Energy Policy Forum, Post Carbon Institute and Stop the Frack Attack,…
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UK Decides to Prioritize Offshore Wind
Facing pushback against onshore wind and solar parks from residents, they are focusing on their greatest asset – offshore wind.
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11 Arrested Protesting Tar Sands and Fracking
On Friday, two activists with Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First! locked themselves inside a revolving door at the Devon Tower in Oklahoma City, OK in protest of Devon’s involvement in tar sands extraction and plans to increase fracking in Eagle Ford Shale. [caption id="attachment_315415" align="alignnone" width="395"] Two activists locked themselves in a…
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Next Steps for the GE Food Labeling Movement
The final result from Washington State’s ballot initiative to label genetically-engineered foods was painfully close. A mere two percentage points (38,000 voters) made the difference between yes and no. Similarly, last year in California, the Yes side lost by a narrow margin. Also in both states, early polling showed a strong lead, which was then chipped away at…
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Feds Provide $150 Million in Clean Energy Tax Credits
[caption id="attachment_315220" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] The transition to renewable energy that everybody from college professors to the president speaks about won’t happen without manufacturing more of the technology needed to make it possible. That’s why the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it would provide $150 million in tax credits to companies that…