Category: Green Building LEED News
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6 Eco-Friendly Alternatives to Toxic Dryer Sheets
By Annie B. Bond There is only one reason why fabric softeners and dryer sheets are added to the washing machine or dryer: To eliminate static cling. Dryer sheets are generally made of a polyester sheet that’s been covered in a fabric softener chemical and, usually, fragrance chemicals. The amount of fragrance used in dryer sheets…
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Is the U.S. Electric Grid Ready for a Renewable Energy Future?
[caption id="attachment_314084" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] From mayors to college students, the pool of people who want the U.S. to fully embrace renewable energy keeps growing—along with the amount of goals for our use of wind and solar power. Several states have solar and wind power goals in mind for the future, but…
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18 Graphics That Explain the Global Food Crisis and How to Solve It
The world is projected to hold a whopping 9.6 billion people by 2050. Figuring out how to feed all these people—while advancing rural development, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting valuable ecosystems—is one of the greatest challenges of our era. So what’s causing the global food challenge, and how can the world solve it? Here, courtesy…
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U.S. Wildlife Services Kills 1.5 Million Animals Each Year With No Public Accountability
The Center for Biological Diversity and allies petitioned the Obama Administration today to reform the federal wildlife-killing agency known as “Wildlife Services,” which kills nearly 1.5 million coyotes, bears, otters, foxes, birds and other animals each year without any requirement to disclose its activities to the public. [caption id="attachment_314068" align="alignnone" width="500"] Under various names, Wildlife Services has…
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Dominion Virginia Power to Install State’s Largest Solar Rooftop Project
Dominion Virginia Power will install more than 2,000 solar panels on the rooftop of Canon Virginia Inc.’s (CVI) Industrial Resource Technologies (IRT) facility in Gloucester, making it the largest roof solar system in the Commonwealth. The project is part of […] — Solar Builder magazine