Category: Green Building LEED News
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How to Make Your Own Natural Cleaning Products
By Annie B. Bond Most synthetic cleaning products are based on age-old formulas that used natural ingredients and were passed down through the generations because the chemistry was right. Going back to the original, naturally derived ingredients is a way to make your own cleaning products that are effective, don’t pollute your home and save money. Most of…
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Dominion Dedicates 5-MW Solar Project in Connecticut
U.S. Representative Joseph Courtney and other federal, state and local dignitaries joined Dominion today to dedicate the Somers Solar Center – capable of producing enough electricity to power more than 1,500 homes – and mark a major milestone in the development […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Tar Sands Industry Eyes Great Lakes for Cheap Shipping
As tar sands extraction continues and proposals for expanded pipelines from Canada into the U.S. form a backdrop, the Great Lakes themselves could become the next frontier for moving crude oil to a vast Midwest refinery network. [caption id="attachment_313072" align="alignnone" width="464"] Tar sands crude refiners in the U.S. Midwest[/caption] The region faces a critical choice…
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EMerge Alliance Launches Residential DC Power Initiative
The EMerge Alliance – an open industry association leading the rapid adoption of safe direct-current (DC) power distribution standards for buildings — announced the launch of a new residential DC power standards initiative to advance the use of DC power in […] — Solar Builder magazine
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U.S. Banks Financing Rainforest Destruction for Palm Oil Plantations
A new report names major U.S. and European banks that are financing land grabs in Indonesia for palm oil production—which is harming the rainforest and the lives of the people who live there—and the investors who are profiting from the business. Palm oil producers in Indonesia are clearing tropical rainforests to plant their oil palm trees, obliterating the…