Building green isn’t going to cost you an arm and a leg, according to a new study led by investment group Good Energies. Although it might not be the best economic time to put up a new building, the study points out that green buildings cost on average less than 2 percent more than traditional buildings. That’s a big difference from the public perception. A 2007 survey from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development found that business leaders believed that green building practices

“My neighborhood’s crazy.” Waylon said, “there’s drugs, alcohol, violence, stolen motor vehicles, robbing, getting into porno—we’re trying to do whatever. This program,” he said, referring to Asheville Green Opportunities or Asheville GO, “makes it not that hard. “And,” he said, “we get paid.” Waylon was introduced to Asheville GO after serving time in prison. When I visited the Burton Street Community Peace Garden, the eight corps members were winding down the work day. As Waylon sucked dow

A balloon-borne instrument soaring high over Antarctica has found potential evidence of a large clump of mysterious dark matter relatively close to our solar system, scientists said Wednesday.It detected an unexpected amount of very high energy cosmic-ray electrons coming from an unknown source within about 3,000 light-years of the solar system.

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Jason Miller interviewed by Robert Turnbull 11/19/08 Robert Turnbull: I guess I'll start with a rather mundane question. How are you? Jason Miller: I just looked at some horrific photos of extremely sick and emaciated people who suffer from a drug-resistant strain of TB and AIDS, so I'm feeling blessed because I'm relatively healthy and able to employ my personal strengths to carry out my purpose on Earth. RT: What is that you consider your purpose on Earth to be? JM: It's multi-faceted an