Category: Green Building LEED News
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Prescription Drugs Entering the Great Lakes at Alarming Rate
By Brian Bienkowski Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants. That’s the finding of a new report by the International Joint Commission (IJC), a consortium of officials from the U.S. and Canada who study the Great Lakes. The impact of most of these “chemicals of…
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Al Gore Goes Vegan
Former vice president-turned-environmentalist and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore has made the switch to a plant-based diet. The public was not tipped off about it until a Forbes article on Hampton Creek, an egg-alternative start-up, said Gore is a “newly turned vegan.” [caption id="attachment_313578" align="alignnone" width="498"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] The Huffington Post says the switch might have happened…
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When You Eat Out, How Sustainable is the Food Served?
REAL certification launched to answer that question, certifying restaurants and foodservice operations across the US.
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Renewable Energy to the Rescue for California’s Salton Sea
Designated as a Renewable Energy Zone, 2 GW of geothermal and other renewables could fund its habitat restoration.
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Greenbuild 2014: Expect inspiring transformation
Category: Event; Story Published on: 26 Nov 2013 Feature image: …