by creedla | Apr 20, 2016 | Environmental News, Green Construction, Los Angeles Construction Projects
The modern environmental movement began on April 22, 1970 thanks to the efforts of a Wisconsin senator named Gaylord Nelson. For on that day, Sen. Nelson proposed that Americans throughout the country be given a voice to speak out against the seemingly unchecked...
by creedla | Apr 18, 2016 | Environmental News
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located in the former Soviet Union (modern day Ukraine), was among the largest nuclear power plants in the world – until the middle of the night on April 25, 1986. That was when unauthorized tests conducted on the fourth ...
by creedla | Apr 17, 2016 | City Planners in Los Angeles, Environment, Los Angeles Construction Projects
The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type of solidity, has oscillated like a thin crust beneath our feet; and in seeing the labored works of man in a moment overthrown, we feel...
by creedla | Mar 25, 2016 | Environmental News, Green Construction
Some things never go out of style and hydroelectric power is one of them. Utilizing the immense power of moving water with the force of gravity ensures this centuries-old technology is still viable as a renewable energy source today. Continuous development of both the...
by creedla | Mar 23, 2016 | Environment, Environmental News
If there’s one thing the United States (and many other developed nations) have an abundance of, it’s abandoned buildings and infrastructure. A myriad of reasons caused these once valued construction & engineering projects to fall into a state of disuse or...
