News & Events
There’s always a lot happening at FGBC and in the world of green building. Here, we’ve assembled information that will keep you abreast of recent developments in our organization and throughout our industry. We hope you find the news links interesting and helpful, and the event calendar a timely resource to help keep you plugged into other opportunities where you can continue to enhance your knowledge on the subjects of green building and sustainability.
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EPA and Springfield, Illinois, Agree to Address Coal Ash Contamination
[Jan 29, 2025] The EPA and Springfield, Illinois, have agreed on measures to address coal ash contamination at CWLP facilities near Lake Springfield.
Strengthening Energy Grids to Withstand Natural Disasters
[Sep 13, 2024] Strengthening energy grids to withstand natural disasters is crucial as climate change intensifies extreme weather, leading to more frequent and prolonged power outages, and the aging infrastructure struggles to keep pace with rising energy demands.
Advancing Environmental Sustainability: The Crucial Role of Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers in Renewable Energy Manufacturing
[Aug 2, 2024] While renewable energy technologies are key in combating climate change, their manufacturing processes must avoid environmental degradation, highlighting the crucial role of Regenerative Thermal Oxidizers (RTOs) in mitigating pollution in solar, wind, electric vehicle (EV), and hydrogen production.
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Top Technology
Metasurfaces: Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light
[Apr 1, 2025] Researchers have created a bilayer metasurface made of two stacked layers of titanium dioxide nanostructures, opening new possibilities for structuring light.
Diagnosing a dud may lead to a better battery
[Apr 1, 2025] A team of chemists found a way to see into battery interfaces -- tight, tricky spots buried deep inside the cell have long frustrated battery designers.
We know nanoplastics are a threat -- this new tool can help us figure out just how bad they are
[Apr 1, 2025] While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, nanoplastics, which are smaller than one micrometer (1/50th the thickness of an average human hair), are far more reactive, far more mobile and vastly more capable of crossing biological membranes. Yet, because they are so tiny and so mobile, researchers don't yet have an accurate understanding of just how toxic these particles are.
Top Environment
Rocky Mountain snow is contaminated, study shows
[Apr 1, 2025] Mountain snowpacks accumulate snow throughout the winter, building up stores of water that will supply communities across the American West throughout the long dry season. Now, a new study shows that as storms carry snow to the Rocky Mountains, they are also bringing mercury and other contaminants from mines in the region. The research helps scientists understand how contaminants are spread by atmospheric circulation and has implications for snowpack preservation and illuminating the lasting environmental impact of mining activities.
New insight into factors associated with a common disease among dogs and humans
[Apr 1, 2025] For dogs housed at Texas kennels, age and fecal score are important factors for screening for subclinical Giardia infections.
Surprising number of environmental pollutants in hedgehogs
[Apr 1, 2025] Lead, pesticides, brominated flame retardants, plastic additives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and heavy metals. This is what researchers found when they collected dead hedgehogs to investigate the environmental pollutants found in urban environments.