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Participate in Earth Hour 2017 from your Cities, 3/25, 8:30 PM your local time

Earth Hour 2017

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

What your city can do for Earth Hour? At 8:30 p.m. your local time on Saturday, March 25, hundreds of millions of people around the globe will turn off their non-essential lights for one hour during Earth Hour to display a commitment to … more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 1926 views | Posted on: 02/21/2017 | Last updated: 02/21/2017

Leading businesses back 2050 Net Zero goal for buildings

Environmental Policy,Net zero,Carbon Reduction,Worldwide

by Kalyani.rc Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast

Three leading businesses have committed to a global target to ensure all buildings have net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Engineering firm Integral Group, international property and infrastructure group Lendlease, and the product manufactu… more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 2049 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/16/2017

Petition: The US Can Not Abandon the Paris Agreement (NRDC)

NRDC,COP21,Paris Climate Agreement

by Allison Friedman Rate It Green Admin

Consider signing this NRDC Petition: We Can Not Abandon the Paris Agreement! The NRDC has created a petition to let the President know we can not abandon the Paris Climate Agreement. http://bit.ly/2kfmqvj "Communities across the … more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 4656 views | Posted on: 02/10/2017 | Last updated: 09/06/2017

U.S. Building Sector Emissions Down Again!

ASHRAE,Architecture 2030,The 2030 Challenge,U.S. Building Sector Emissions,AIA

by ChristinaC Marketing Student

The 2030 Challenge, which initially began in 2005, is ALL about lowering U.S. building sector energy consumption so that by the year 2030, all buildings/developments/renovations will be carbon neutral. The goals for this challenge have been… more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 1493 views | Posted on: 01/19/2017 | Last updated: 01/20/2017

Join with the AIA Committee on the Environment Advisory Group and Hundreds of Others to Reject Climate Denial Appointees

EPA,Health,Pollution,Water,Scott Pruitt,Climate Denial,Rick Perry,Air

by Allison Friedman Rate It Green Admin

Join hundreds of architects and supporters of green building practices and policies. Sign on to a letter written by the AIA Committee on the Environment Advisory Group. "Mr. Pruitt’s hearing took place on the same day that the Nationa… more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 1334 views | Posted on: 01/19/2017 | Last updated: 02/09/2017

A Turning Point in California's Clean Energy Future - Webcast - September 6th, 2016

Greenbiz,California,Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant,Webcast

by JackSawyer Student

This hour long webcast will cover the proposal to phase out PG&E's production of nuclear power in California by 2025. A coalition of labor leaders, environmental groups, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company came together in June to prop… more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 766 views | Posted on: 08/31/2016 | Last updated: 08/31/2016

Post-Brexit: The UK Must Continue To Fight for Environmental and Climate Progress

Renewable Energy,Environmental Actvitism,Green Living,Environmental Policy,Brexit,UK,EU Climate Policy,IEEP,Green Advocacy

by EmmamHowe Marketing/Green Policy Development

Ever since the term Brexit, the decision of whether the UK should leave the European Union or not, was coined June of 2012, green groups have been warning voters that the decision to leave will have disastrous environmental consequences. Th… more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

1 replies | 3411 views | Posted on: 06/24/2016 | Last updated: 06/25/2016

Add Your Name to a Friend of the Court Brief to Support the Clean Power Plan

by Allison Friedman Rate It Green Admin

Support the Clean Power Plan The Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP), released in August of last year, represents the first serious attempt by the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emission. However, it is under att… more...

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0 replies | 625 views | Posted on: 03/11/2016 | Last updated: 03/11/2016

Massachusetts Could be Leader in Making a Fossil Fuel Free United States - The Solutions Project

Climate Change,Renewable Energy,Fossil Fuels,The Solutions Project

by NSchepis Student at Bridgewater State

If the world is to prevent a global catastrophe some important things need to happen. Most importantly we need to stop using fossil fuels. All of the known remaining fossil fuel reserves should stay in the ground. Furthermore, the world nee… more...

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0 replies | 1040 views | Posted on: 02/01/2016 | Last updated: 02/01/2016

Write your Legislator to Support ending the Cap on Solar Netmetering (MassEnvironment, Stand Up for Solar)

Stand Up for Solar,Environment Massachusetts,Solar Energy,Netmetering

by Allison Friedman Rate It Green Admin

From Environment, Massachusetts: Do you agree with this statement? "Everyone who wants to power their home or business with solar energy should be able to do so." Last month, Massachusetts legislators went home for the year without … more...

  Filed under: Environmental Activism

0 replies | 1183 views | Posted on: 12/13/2015 | Last updated: 12/13/2015

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