Weekly Environmental News: April 7 – April 13, 2013
From the continued coverage of the oil spill in Arkansas to the mounting protests against Amazon land auctions in Ecuador, oil still remains a big topic in the news.
Pushing the Envelope of Green Building
As energy efficiency products become more mainstream and many localities adopt enhanced green building standards (for example, California), green building rating systems must adapt to a changing landscape and continue raising the bar on building performance.
TreeKeepers 101 Teaches Baltimore Residents How to Care for Street Trees
“Trees are an act of faith. What we’re doing tonight is about folks thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred years from now.” Erik Dihle, chief of the forestry division with Baltimore City’s Department of Recreation and Parks, spoke to an auditorium filled with nearly 100 people gathered for TreeKeepers 101: Trees and Baltimore. He was one [...]
Weekly Environmental News: March 31 – April 6, Earth Month, Arkansas Oil Spill and More
Earth Month, the White House garden planting, aging oil pipelines in Arkansas, watering the desert in Peru, and late-coming cherry blossoms in the nation’s capital are all featured in this week’s environmental news.
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