Category: Green Building LEED News
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230 Businesses and Politicians Call on Obama to Harness Offshore Wind
A massive coalition of nonprofit organizations, businesses and General Assembly members banded together today for a single cause—pushing the Obama Administration for offshore wind development in the U.S. The 230-plus-member group wrote a letter to the president arguing that he should “redouble” support for offshore wind projects. The group says offshore wind is in line…
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Keystone XL Southern Leg Now Being Injected With Oil
By Steve Horn Keystone XL’s southern half is one step closer to opening for business. TransCanada announced that “on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013, the company began to inject oil into the Gulf Coast Project pipeline as it moves closer to the start of commercial service.” [caption id="attachment_315045" align="alignnone" width="500"] The line fill comes weeks after…
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Which Financial Funds Actually Consider Climate Change Risks?
[caption id="attachment_315012" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Is your pension fund or insurance company a leader or laggard when it comes to avoiding risky bets on the future impacts of climate change? A new survey released today finds that many major institutional investors, like retirement funds and insurance companies, are putting their investments…
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The Farmer Who Stopped Planting GMO Crops
by s.e. smith You might think this is the time of year when things are calm on the farm, but just the opposite is true. While the fields are quiet and the farming equipment is quietly tucked away in the barn, it’s time to select the crops for next year and determine what’s being planted…
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Court of Appeals Upholds San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban
A unanimous California Court of Appeal upheld San Francisco’s expanded plastic bag ban, marking the latest in a string of victories for local laws phasing out single-use plastic bags. The lawsuit, brought by the Save the Plastic Bag Coalition, had disputed the procedures San Francisco used to expand its plastic bag ban in 2012 and…