Henry Gifford, a New York City building energy consultant and long time critic of the energy efficiency of LEED® certified buildings, caused a stir last October when he filed a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), claiming among other things that USGBC lied, engaged in false advertising, and participated in racketeering activities under RICO. (more…)
Released on February 7, 2011 and sent to EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) the following day for review, EPA’s 140-page draft study plan on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water is now available. Critics immediately objected (more…)
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released a report last week on a four-week air quality study conducted near Marcellus Shale natural gas operations in Susquehanna and Sullivan counties. The Director of the Bureau of Air Quality summarized the results of the study (more…)
A recent ruling from the California Superior Court for San Francisco County has stalled – at least temporarily – the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) implementation of the state’s landmark (more…)
