Category: Green Building LEED News
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Spike in Water Lead Levels Coincided with Rise in Miscarriages
Pregnant women in Washington, D.C. experienced an unusually high number of late-term miscarriages during the same time period that lead levels were dangerously high in the city’s drinking water and the public was unaware of the problem, a study has found. Authors of the study, scheduled to be published in the journal Environmental Science and…
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Solar Installations Soar to Second-Best Quarter Ever
The U.S. solar energy industry set a record for new residential projects in the third quarter of this year and nearly set a new one for overall installations. Data released today by the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) shows that there were 930 megawatts (MW) installed from July to September. That’s the second-best quarter in…
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Saying Goodbye to the Wind Production Tax Credit
Once again, it expires at the end of this year, but this time hardly anyone is talking about it.
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Scientific Report: Keystone XL and Arctic Drilling Must Be Stopped
By Andy Rowell This is the scientific paper that should stop all Arctic drilling now. It should also stop the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. It is yet another warning that business as usual for the oil industry is just not acceptable. And it once again reiterates a simple truth so, so unpalatable to the Canadians:…
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New Labels Show Where Your Meat Came From
You’ll soon be seeing some changes on meat packages at the grocery store. Federal rules went into effect in recent weeks requiring labels on unprocessed beef, chicken, pork, lamb or goat to state where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. [caption id="attachment_314800" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S.…