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Climate Letter to Congress | |
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The second phase of the Dockside Green project in Victoria, British Columbia, recently received a high-scoring LEED Platinum certification from the Canada Green Building Council. Known as Balance, this part of the development comprises 171 residential units in two adjacent towers. It earned a LEED score of 63 points out of a possible 70, matching the score of Dockside Green's first phase, Synergy (featured in ArchitectureWeek No. 401).
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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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More Environment Canadian Forest Deal at Risk — Nature, 2011.0330Alaska Clash over Resources and Rights Heats Up — New York Times, 2011.0330 Less Than 50 Years of Oil Left, HSBC Warns — New York Times, 2011.0330 Seven Companies Opt Out of Sustainable Forestry Initiative Label — Triple Pundit, 2011.0330 Clean Energy Investment Is Up, but U.S. Lags — New York Times, 2011.0329 Countering Radiation Fears with Just the Facts — New York Times, 2011.0329 Japan Faces Up to Failure of Its Earthquake Preparations — Nature, 2011.0329 Radioactivity Spreads in Japan — Nature, 2011.0329 China Tops Global Clean Energy Table — BBC, 2011.0329 Of Nuclear Power, Risk and Meteorites — New York Times, 2011.0328 Pace of Polar Ice Melt 'Accelerating Rapidly' — CNN, 2011.0323 Higher Oil Prices Hamper Fuel-Dependent Businesses — New York Times, 2011.0322 Questions Loom over US Nuclear Safety — Nature, 2011.0322 Radiation Risks Unknown — Nature, 2011.0322 Lessons from Chernobyl for Japan — New York Times, 2011.0319 Stylish Wreckage: The Ebb and Flow of the Salvage Business — Philadelphia Inquirer, 2011.0318 Polar Ice Loss Is Accelerating, Scientists Say — New York Times, 2011.0311 Study Says Navy Must Adapt to Climate Change — New York Times, 2011.0310 Ethanol Plant Is Switching to Butanol — New York Times, 2011.0310 Warm Modern Montrose House in Virginia — Jetson Green, 2011.0309 Natural Causes Drove Russian Heat Wave, Study Finds — New York Times, 2011.0309 Green Property: How to Live without Heating Bills — Telegraph, 2011.0308 For Saving Energy, Like Real Estate, the Three Most Important Things Are Location, Location and Location — TreeHugger, 2011.0308 Australian Living Completes the Eco-Challenge House — Architecture & Design (Australia), 2011.0308 Practical Sustainability Takes on Greenwashing — Miami Herald, 2011.0307 SFO: The Airport of the Future — Earth911, 2011.0307 EPA: Smart Growth Developments Enjoy Stronger Resale Appreciation — Triple Pundit (blog), 2011.0303 Passivehaus to Our Haus? — Metropolis P/O/V (blog), 2011.0303 China's Coal Policy Is Breathtakingly Self-Destructive — Climate Progress, 2011.0302 SEC Climate Change Disclosure Improves but Still Weak — ClimateBiz, 2011.0302
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