Green building legislation and, in particular, green roof legislation has been implemented outside of the United States for decades as one means of mitigating urban heat. In the past decade, local and state governments in the United States have joined in with a marked and steady uptick in the enactment of their own green building … Continue Reading
On March 29, 2017, legislators in El Salvador passed a much-anticipated bill prohibiting all mining for gold and other metals. The results of the vote were unanimous and cross-party: 69 in favor, none against, and no abstentions. The bill makes El Salvador the first country in the world to institute such a blanket ban on … Continue Reading
