Green Wednesday 2007.1219
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Wed Dec 19 13:20:17 PST 2007
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"BP, the British oil giant that pledged to move "Beyond
Petroleum" by finding cleaner ways to produce fossil
fuels, is being accused of abandoning its "green sheen"
by investing nearly 1.5bn pounds to extract oil from the
Canadian wilderness using methods which environmentalists
say are part of the "biggest global warming crime" in
history...
"Producing crude oil from the tar sands - a heavy mixture
of bitumen, water, sand and clay - found beneath more
than 54,000 square miles of prime forest in northern
Alberta - an area the size of England and Wales combined
- generates up to four times more carbon dioxide, the
principal global warming gas, than conventional drilling.
"The booming oil sands industry will produce 100 million
tonnes of CO2 (equivalent to a fifth of the UK's entire
annual emissions) a year by 2012, ensuring that Canada
will miss its emission targets under the Kyoto treaty,
according to environmentalist activists."
'The Biggest Environmental Crime in History' - Independent Digital, 2007.1210
http://environment.independent.co.uk/article3239364.ece
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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2008: The Year for Greener and Leaner IT - CNN, 2007.1219
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAW02219122007-1.htm
Disassembly Part of Design, Experts Say - Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 2007.1219
http://dcnonl.com/article/id25756
Strawbale Education Centre for City Farm - Green Building, 2007.1219
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk/news/NewsFullStory.asp?ID=2259
Google Earth Features Green Buildings - Inhabitat (blog), 2007.1219
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/19/google-earth-features-green-buildings/
Soaring Food Prices Threaten Millions: UN - Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007.1218
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/18/2121823.htm?section=justin
An Architect with a 'Green' Mission - The Hindu, 2007.1218
http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/18/stories/2007121850960200.htm
Lumberyard Goes Green - News-Leader, 2007.1218
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071218/BUSINESS/712180323/1092
New Type of Coal Plant Moves Ahead, Haltingly - New York Times, 2007.1218
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/business/18coal.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
Depot Walk Attached New-Home Community Earns LEED Certification - CNN, 2007.1217
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/LAM09117122007-1.htm
Burning Man Backs Solar-Power Project for Nevada Towns - ZD Net, 2007.1217
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6223245.html
Wave Power to Go Commercial in California - ZD Net, 2007.1217
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6223220.html
Financing Green Building and Retrofits - Grist, 2007.1217
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/12/17/15114/901
Bali Climate Deal Paves Way for Hotter U.S. Debate - Yahoo News, 2007.1216
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071216/pl_nm/usa_politics_climate_dc_1
For Green Products, a Green Showroom - New York Times, 2007.1216
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/realestate/commercial/16sqft.html?ref=business
The City's Big Green Secret - Haaretz, 2007.1215
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/934658.html
Green Building - Washington Post, 2007.1214
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/14/AR2007121401710.html
Clovis, California Goes Solar, Collectively - Examiner, 2007.1214
http://www.examiner.com/p-88791~Clovis_Goes_Solar__Collectively.html
Tindo Solar-Powered Bus Makes Its Debut in Adelaide - AutoblogGreen, 2007.1213
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/12/13/tindo-solar-powered-bus-makes-its-debut-in-adelaide/
Green Groundwork - Jerusalem Post, 2007.1213
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847329615&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Building an Igloo - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.1212
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1212/index.html
Build Boston 2007 - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.1212
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1212/news.html
Fundamental changes in the nature of architectural
practice and building construction are taking place
today. Those changes were clearly evident at the 2007
Build Boston convention and trade show. ...
Builders' Lobbyist: We Made Too Many Homes - CNN, 2007.1212
http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/12/news/economy/builders/?postversion=2007121313
South Lake Union Streetcar on the Past Track - Seattle Times, 2007.1210
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004062946_streetcar10m.html
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