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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Renzo Piano demonstrates a mastery of light throughout his work. At the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, he exhibits the same care lighting a museum of the natural world as he has in lighting some of the world's finest art collections.
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Although the last two decades have seen Vancouver, Canada, grab more attention for its elegant forest of tall, slender, glassy condominium towers, the city's smaller neighbor, Victoria, is making some waves of its own. The comparatively sleepy British Columbia capital, with a population of just under 80,000, is home to one of the most ambitious sustainable development projects undertaken in Canada.
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More Environment Nobel Prize Winner to Head Department of Energy — Physics Todat, 2008.1211Eco-Laboratory Concept Living Building — Jetson Green, 2008.1211 Obama Team Set on Environment — New York Times, 2008.1211 Duke Energy to Rent Rooftops — New York Times, 2008.1211 States May Be Nudged Toward ‘Decoupling’ with Federal Efficiency Funds — New York Times, 2008.1211 Forecasting the Future of Hurricanes — Nature, 2008.1211 Cut-Price Forth Crossing Outlined — BBC News, 2008.1210 Soil and Greenery Vs. Clay for Landfill Caps — New York Times, 2008.1210 Consumers Want, and Are Skeptical about, Eco-Electronics — New York Times, 2008.1210 Obama Taps LA Official as Environment Council Head — Reuters, 2008.1210 Scottish Climate Bill Could Set Global Example — WWF, 2008.1209 Ozone Hole Weakens Oceanic Carbon Sink — Nature, 2008.1209 Ice-Tossing Turbines: Myth or Hazard? — New York Times, 2008.1209 Q-Cells Profit Warning Hits Solar Sector — Reuters, 2008.1209 Congress Should Expand Yucca Mountain Capacity: DOE — Reuters, 2008.1209 Obama Says Climate Change a Matter of National Security — Reuters, 2008.1209 UN Suspends Leading Carbon-Offset Firm — Nature, 2008.1209 VAN DER RYN: Being Green Is Not Just Stuff of Dreams — Press Democrat, 2008.1209 Northeast Portland Home Is First in Oregon to Be Certified LEED Platinum — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2008.1209 Efficiency Records Claimed for Solar Devices — Nature, 2008.1208 Green Doesn't Cost the Earth — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.1208 Electric Car Venture Unveils Charge Stations in Israel — Reuters, 2008.1208 On the Road to a Smart Grid — New York Times, 2008.1208 Living in a Green House — Business Standard (India), 2008.1206 Pick Flush, Save Water — Arizona Republic, 2008.1206 Oregon Governor Seeks Mandatory Efficiency Audits for Home Sales — New York Times, 2008.1205 U.S. Polluters to Pay Record $11.8 Billion in 2008: EPA — Reuters, 2008.1204 South Africa Experiments with Houses Made of Sand — VOA News, 2008.1204 EU Ends Biofuel Battle to Get Green Energy Deal — Reuters, 2008.1204 Commissioner Offers Scaled-Back Green Building Policy — Oregonian, 2008.1203 From Green Building to Living Buildings — EDC, 2008.1202 Obama Embraces "Green Path" in Economic Stimulus Plan — Bloomberg, 2008.1202 Case Study- Shedding Light on Energy — EDC, 2008.1201 Knowledge Gaps Hinder Energy-Efficient Building Transition — World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2008.1130 Interview: Yvo de Boer — Nature, 2008.1127 Lovley's Day for a Climate Bunfight — Nature, 2008.1126
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