Category: Green Building LEED News
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Energy Department Invests $13 Million into U.S. Solar Manufacturing
Building on the Energy Department’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue U.S. leadership in clean energy innovation, the Department today announced over $13 million for five projects to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and speed commercialization of efficient, affordable photovoltaic and concentrating […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Brazil, sustainably speaking
Published on: 11 Dec 2013 Feature image: Today, in the midst of significant economic growth and social change, Br…
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Obama’s New Special Adviser Is Outspoken Critic of Keystone XL
By John H. Cushman, Jr. By asking John Podesta to come to the White House as a special counselor at a time of turmoil and tough choices, President Obama has created an unusually close tie to an outspoken critic of the Keystone XL pipeline and the Canadian tar sands it would carry. Podesta is a…
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A monumental day for Ohio
Feature image: Today at the Ohio State House, teachers, school leadership and elected officials from across the state are gathering to celebrate the first 100 LEED certified schools….
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Baking With Splenda Releases Cancer-Causing Chemicals
The synthetic sweetener sucralose, which is sold under the brand name Splenda, releases cancer-causing dioxins in food when baked or heated, says a in-depth study review recently published in the journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Cooking with sucralose at high temperatures was reported to generate chloropropanols, a potentially toxic class of chemicals that may be…