Kinda ironic, eh? Old jobs lost / new jobs created. Don’t get me wrong. Around the turn of the 20th century, coal supplied nearly 80% of all U.S. power. Miners back then were nearly a million strong; today, about 77k. …
Late last year I wrote about GE’s new HQ, choosing new construction and renovation in Boston’s Seaport District in favor of its grassy suburban digs in Fairfield County, CT. “We want our [new] campus to be a global epicenter of …
Last week’s post ended: “As sea level rise has been noted more recently, you might ask yourself if something else contributed to the Eastern Black Rail’s near-extinction over the 25-year period? How ’bout substantial coastal urbanization that’s included paving over …
Black Rail Bird Threatened (last week) – Offsetting Good News Read more »
Last week’s post left off by stating that Guinness Storehouse No. 4 is now a carbon-neutral building. Meanwhile, in Mills River, NC, Sierra Nevada’s new brewery was opened in 2014. LEED® Platinum certification was awarded last year. USGBC magazine writer …
Not St. Paddy’s Day (yet) but let’s have a look at “Green Beer” – 2 Read more »
Several summers ago, a memorable family trip to find ancestral roots in Ireland, among objectives, was had. During our stay in Dublin, we 5 toured the Guinness St. James Gate Storehouse and, of course, found time to drink a free …
Not St. Paddy’s Day (yet) but let’s have a look at “Green Beer” – 1 Read more »
For some reason, global consumer products company Colgate-Palmolive was not among the 154 companies that signed the 2015 American Business Act on Climate Pledge. Competitors Proctor & Gamble and Unilever were. (I’ve written about others which committed–several on Goldman Sachs and …
Greenwash or Raw Milk for Big Business? Looking at Colgate-Palmolive Read more »
I once attended “Barn Again,” an event at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, where participants got to help reconstruct a historic barn within the cavernous great hall. It was a blast. Pegs for mortise and tenon joints ‘n …
“We spend 90% of our time indoors.” Introducing here… The International Well Building Institute, a public benefit corporation, is a relatively new organization offering a voluntary 3rd-party performance-based certification of buildings in order to “[empower] the creation of healthy environments …
While waiting a few more days for the New Year… here’s what I think we’ll see in 2017. Top 5: California and China will lead the global green movement as the incoming U.S. federal government leadership seeks what’s clean about …
This quote comes from a recorded interview Hugh Hewitt had with Mr. Trump on September 21, 2015. (No Pinocchios!) And, there have been other interviews to the same effect. Mr. Trump has pledged to cancel U.S. participation in the Paris …
“I’m not a believer in man-made global warming.” –Donald Trump, President-elect Read more »