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    SOLAR DECATHLON 2009

    In mid-October 2009, twenty teams of engineering and architecture students erected houses on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the biennial Solar Decathlon green building contest. After spending two years designing and building cutting-edge solar houses, the teams — mostly from North America — sought the designation of "most attractive, effective, and energy-efficient" for their structures.

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    WE CAN'T IGNORE CLIMATE CHANGE

    At a Clean Energy Economy Forum at the White House on October 7, 2009, J. Wayne Leonard, the chairman and CEO of Entergy Corporation, a Fortune 500 energy company based in New Orleans, spoke about the urgency of addressing climate change. —Editor

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    PORTOLA VALLEY TOWN CENTER

    When Portola Valley, California sought an updated, seismically safer civic complex, the existing mid-20th-century wood-and-concrete-block campus was deconstructed and its parts repurposed, along with other salvaged components, to create a sustainable new facility on another portion of the site.

    The resulting Portola Valley Town Center is targeted for LEED Platinum certification and was named one of the Top Ten Green Projects for 2009 by the AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE).

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    More Environment

    Cathedral Data Center Uses Thermal Energy to Heat 500 Homes — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1202

    E.P.A. Postpones Ethanol Blend Decision — New York Times, 2009.1201

    Idaho Plant Gets Permit with CO2 Limits — New York Times, 2009.1201

    Danes Showcase Cycling Culture Ahead of Copenhagen Summit — New York Times, 2009.1201

    Trends: Antarctic Climate, Atlantic Hurricanes — New York Times, 2009.1201

    Europe Bypassed on Climate Summit — New York Times, 2009.1201

    City Hall Aide Is Named Environmental Protection Commissioner in N.Y.C. — New York Times, 2009.1130

    New Faces in Top European Climate, Environment and Energy Posts — New York Times, 2009.1130

    Spanish Awards Rekindle Old Rivalries — Nature, 2009.1130

    The Green Evolution — Sydney Morning Herald, 2009.1128

    Living Buildings Could Clean Up the Atmosphere — TG Daily, 2009.1127

    National Green Building Code Is in the Works — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2009.1126

    Waste Solutions Play Key Role in Green Building — Tree Hugger, 2009.1126

    The Business of Green — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1126

    The Eye of the Storm — Nature, 2009.1126

    Climate Change to Cost Trillions, Say Economists — Associated Foreign Press, 2009.1126

    China Joins U.S. In Pledge of Hard Targets on Emissions — New York Times, 2009.1126

    DuPont's 'Unique' Seaweed Venture Nets DOE Cash — New York Times, 2009.1125

    DuPont's 'Unique' Seaweed Venture Nets DOE Cash — New York Times, 2009.1125

    Boston Faces Deep Risk from Sea Level Rise — Boston Globe, 2009.1124

    USGBC Finds Green Building to Support Nearly 8 Million U.S. Jobs through 2013 — Interior Design, 2009.1124

    LEED Silver Mud Island Residence in Memphis — Commercial Appeal, 2009.1124

    As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways — New York Times, 2009.1123

    One Lab's Trash Becomes a Poorer One's Treasure — Boston Globe, 2009.1123

    Some Cities See Rebate Money for Efficient Toilets Drying Up — New York Times, 2009.1123

    Carbon Price Insufficient for Green Revolution, Group Warns — New York Times, 2009.1123

    New Voices on Climate Change — New York Times, 2009.1123

    Thom Mayne's Green Design for 41 Cooper Square, Manhattan — Building Sustainable Design, 2009.1123

    Energy and the Environment — Wall Street Journal, 2009.1123

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