Category: Green Building LEED News
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NY Times’ Climate Coverage Suffers After Dissolving Environmental Team and Green Blog
By Laura Santhanam The New York Times has produced less environmental news coverage overall since dismantling its reporting team and blog devoted to this issue area earlier this year, the newspaper’s public editor said. [caption id="attachment_313491" align="alignnone" width="500"] The New York Times axed its Green blog in early 2013, citing low readership.[/caption] In her Nov. 23 column, New…
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How to Avoid Factory Farmed Foods
There are plenty of reasons to boycott factory farms, including your health, animal welfare and the environment. It can be challenging to avoid foods produced from animals raised on factory farms, given how dominant factory farming has become. But it’s possible. Here are some suggestions from the Organic Consumers Association: [caption id="attachment_313472" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit:…
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Wind for Prosperity to Bring Power to 200,000 People in Kenya
[caption id="attachment_313459" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] A public-private partnership will bring a boost in renewable energy to some of the poorest communities in Kenya. Thirteen Kenyan communities with about 200,000 residents are slated to receive refurbished wind turbines from Vestas, a Danish manufacturer that is working with Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, to provide power to…
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Protestors Shine Light on Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Secret Corporate Coup
By James Trimarco When negotiators from the 12 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership gathered last week in Salt Lake City, UT, they were met by the TPP Welcoming Committee, a coalition of environmental, social justice and labor groups who did their best to show that there is opposition to the deal in the U.S. [caption…
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Boring But Important: Efficiency Standards for Motors Proposed
Efficiency standards now apply to just about all motors, which consume 50% of industrial electricity.