Category: Green Building LEED News
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NYC’s Largest Solar Array Tops Closed Landfill
NYC chose SunEdison to build its largest solar system on top of what used to be its largest landfill, Freshkills.
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Norway’s Army Launches Meatless Monday to Fight Climate Change
Eating less meat is one of the most important ways to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Guess How One Nation’s Army is Fighting Climate Change
By Kristina Chew Here’s the Norwegian army’s plan to fight climate change: have everybody go meatless once a week. Norwegian troops will be eating vegetarian meals on Mondays to cut their consumption of ecologically unfriendly foods whose production contributes heavily to global warming. Spokesman Eystein Kvarving says the plan is meant to be “a step to protect our climate” by serving food…
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New Keystone XL Report Calls Pipeline A Mirage for Tar Sands Investors
New research from the Carbon Tracker Initiative reveals approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would only have a marginal positive impact of the economics of the Canadian oil-sands industry, but could trigger a rush of investment into additional risky high-cost, high-carbon projects, dependent on rising oil prices. The report, Keystone XL Pipeline: A Potential…
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Soltage Commissions 1.2-MW Solar Power System in Massachusetts
Soltage LLC, a premier North American solar power provider, announced today the official commissioning of the 1.2-MW solar power station located in Palmer, Mass. The Palmer power station is the first commissioned asset of a previously announced $30 million investment […] — Solar Builder magazine