Category: Green Building LEED News
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IKEA Paves the Way by Opening 10th EV Charging Station
The world’s largest home furnishing retailer turned to electric vehicles (EV) this week to further boost its U.S. leadership in corporate sustainability. IKEA announced the opening of its 10th EV charging station in the U.S. today, offering three chargers outside of its Frisco, TX store near Dallas. The retailer said it also has seven other…
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Martin Sheen Exposé on Fracking to Air on Public TV
This week, Martin Sheen’s Breakthroughs program released an expose on fracking featuring Environment America to public television stations across the country. As the debate over dirty drilling continues to mount, the Breakthroughs piece could reach as many as 60 million viewers in all 50 states. While the piece narrated by Sheen will be exclusively aired…
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Breaking: 900,000 Dead, Thousands More Maimed
Will a death toll of 900,000 be the body count it takes for the public to finally say enough, already? Or will it also take another set of grisly photographs of maimed bodies, deformed skulls, misshapen mouths and twisted spines? The breaking news out of Wilmington, NC today has both. Unfortunately, this latest episode is…
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Journal Retracts GMO Study After Hiring Former Monsanto Employee
A scientific journal that published a study in 2012 linking cancer with Monsanto’s genetically modified corn has now retracted it, months after hiring a former Monsanto employee to fill a new editorial position reviewing biotechnology papers. The study, by Gilles-Eric Seralini and others, reviewed the toxicological effects of Monsanto’s NK603 and its associated Round-Up pesticide…
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Walgreens Opens First Net Zero Retail Store
Located in a Chicago suburb, Walgreens plans to spread this concept across its 8000 stores.