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We think this public letter, signed by 18 prominent climate scientists, coordinated by the Project on Climate Science, gives a succinct and accurate view of the current situation, addressed to our national legislators. Meanwhile, the "Better Buildings Initiative" announced by the White House on February 3, 2011, is an important climate- and architecture-related package moving forward administratively, even as Congress fiddles. To the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate:
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POSTCARD FROM PASSIVE HOUSE PORTLAND Dear ArchitectureWeek, There were 345 attendees (including me) at the North American Passive House Conference in Portland, Oregon, held from November 4 to 7, 2010. Twenty-six sessions focused on all aspects of the Passive House building energy-efficiency certification system, ranging from detailed conceptual overviews led by Passivhaus cofounder Dr. Wolfgang Feist to technical sessions about specific aspects of certification in our region.
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More Environment City to Replace School Lighting Tainted by PCBs — New York Times, 2011.0223Climate Change Drives (Micro)Evolution in Finland — Scientific American, 2011.0223 Money Pollution in Washington — CBS, 2011.0223 Target 'Black Carbon' to Tackle Climate Change, Recommends UN — Guardian Unlimited, 2011.0223 Study Shows Westerners' Complex Opinions on the Environment — Huffington Post, 2011.0223 Hybrids Vs. Nonhybrids: The 5-Year Equation — New York Times, 2011.0223 Ken Cuccinelli V. Climate Skeptics — New York Times, 2011.0223 What Is Life after Plastic? — Metropolis P/O/V (blog), 2011.0223 Studio 804 to Build Sustainable Energy Center at KU — Kansas City infoZine, 2011.0223 Hill House: A Modern Green Cabin in the Not-so-Wild West — Mother Nature Network, 2011.0223 An Artistic, Green Masterpiece — Coast Online, 2011.0223 Five Star Modern Home at Sol Austin — Jetson Green, 2011.0223 U.P.S. Finds a Substitute for Diesel: Natural Gas, at 260 Degrees Below Zero — New York Times, 2011.0222 A Stopgap for Climate Change — New York Times, 2011.0222 Lighting One Bryant Park — Architect's Newspaper, 2011.0222 House Republicans Cut Funding to UN Climate Science Body — Guardian Unlimited, 2011.0221 Investing in Greener Economy Could Spur Growth: U.N. — Reuters, 2011.0221 Cities Pass Up Green Stamp of Approval, Say It Costs Too Much — Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2011.0221 Green Economies for Growth, Urges UN — BBC, 2011.0221 Russia May Tweak Arctic Park Border for Oil Firms — Reuters, 2011.0218 How Rising Sea Levels Will Affect the US Coastline — ENN, 2011.0218 Green Roof Collapses in Illinois — New York Times, 2011.0218 Taking Sustainability Home — Vancouver Sun, 2011.0218 Taking Sustainability Home — Vancouver Sun, 2011.0218 Passive Houses Aggressively Reduce Energy — USA Today, 2011.0217 DOE Transportation Budget Is All about EVs — Matter Network, 2011.0217 A Harder Rain's Gonna Fall (and Already Is) — New York Times, 2011.0217 Climate Change Raises Flood Risk, Researchers Say — BBC News, 2011.0216 Can Homes Be Built Carbon Free? — Green Building Elements, 2011.0216 Sulfur Emissions on the Rise — ENN, 2011.0215 Suburban 'Green' — Wall Street Journal, 2011.0214 Hopeful Signs — Metropolis, 2011.0214 EPA's New Proposal for Four Corners Power Plant Cuts More NOx Emissions — EPA Press Release, 2011.0211 Top-Down Sustainability — EDC, 2011.0211 Historic Change to Building Codes Approved: Now What? — EDC, 2011.0211 Peace through Sustainable Design — EDC, 2011.0211 Design by Slinky? — EDC, 2011.0211
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