LEED Points

Tag: climate change

  • Wind Energy Evolution

    Schmitz, an Iowa State graduate student of civil, construction and environmental engineering, and Sri Sritharan, Iowa State’s Wilson Engineering Professor and leader of the ‘s College of Engineering’s Wind Energy Initiative, were trying to answer some basic questions about using concrete panels and columns to build wind turbine towers using prefabricated, easily transportable components.

  • Southern Africa Development Community Targeting Renewable Energy Strategy

    Meeting in Maseru, Lesotho, the 33rd SADC Energy Ministers meeting said the development of a renewable energy strategy will, among other things, ensure that the Southern African Development Community is able to effectively manage and exploit the natural resources that are in abundance in the region.

  • Public Lands: Drilling Takes Precedence Over Conservation

    Under President Obama, the pace of drilling on public lands is double that of protecting public lands. The current U.S. Congress is the first since World War II to fail to designate a single new acre of protected land. The integrity of natural lands in the U.S. are in jeopardy. Severe droughts, raging wildfires and…

  • The War on Nature: Geoengineering and the Climate Crisis

    If we want to have any hope of avoiding the worst impacts of climate change, we clearly need radical action—but that radical action must be aimed at stopping the burning fossil fuels and reversing the destruction of ecosystems …

  • Billionaire Climate Activist’s Open Letter to President Obama

    On June 20, in Washington D.C. we will announce a campaign that will specifically focus on communicating to those Americans across the country who supported your re-election in 2012.