Tag: Energy
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Will Climate Change Become a Top Priority with John Kerry as Sec. of State?
MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE — We urge Kerry to use his strong climate change credentials and moral leadership to address climate change as a national security global threat that …
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Students Share Their Solar Learning Connections
It is great watching students take the initiative to learn about solar energy. We received this letter not long ago from Layla Russell, who works for an after school program in New Jersey. Her students sent Green Building Elements a page about solar energy as a thank you, in hopes it may be helpful to others.…
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Visiting Pennsylvania’s Destructive Fracking Footprint
ARTISTS AGAINST FRACKING — On Jan. 17, Artists Against Fracking co-founders Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon were joined by actor Susan Sarandon, peace leader Arun Gandhi, filmmaker Josh Fox and activists to lead members of the press on a bus tour of fracking sites in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Here’s a video …
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PNC SmartHome in Cleveland Snares Brooking Prize for Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Planning for the SmartHome began in late 2010, when CMNH staff members were making preparations for mounting a major traveling exhibit on the science of climate change. They wondered what else they could do to communicate the complex and challenging issue of climate change. Could they do something hopeful to demonstrate real solutions? Could they,…