Green Wednesday 2008.0709

Wed Jul 9 22:09:05 PDT 2008

Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,

Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you
weekly green design and building news from around the world. 

The thing about climate change is this:  It's a physical phenomenon, there whether we like it or not, whether we look or not, and it takes real physical changes in our systems of action to make a difference.

Bureaucratic and politicized stalling and obfuscation - like suppressing health science, as at the EPA - simply delay the inevitable, raising social and ecological costs (and those big oil profits) enormously.

	Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice
	President Dick Cheney's office pushed to delete from
	congressional testimony references about the consequences of
	climate change on public health, a former senior EPA
	official claimed Tuesday.

	The official, Jason K. Burnett, said the White House was
	concerned that the proposed testimony last October by the
	head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might
	make it tougher to avoid regulating greenhouse gases emitted
	into the atmosphere.

	Burnett's assertion, which he made in a July 6 letter to
	Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate
	Environment and Public Works Committee, conflicts with the
	White House explanation at the time that the deletions
	reflected concerns by the White House Office of Science and
	Technology over the accuracy of the science.

Cheney's Office Sought to Change Climate Testimony - New York Times, 2008.0708
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Cheney-Climate.html?scp=1&sq=Environment+climate+change&st=nyt

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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G-8 Summit Not as Green as Billed, Activists Say - New York Times, 2008.0708
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-G-8-Green-Summit.html?scp=2&sq=Environment+climate+change&st=nyt

Powered by the Sun - The Star (Malaysia), 2008.0708
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/7/8/lifefocus/21669018&sec=lifefocus

White House in Climate Change "Cover Up": Sen. Boxer - Reuters, 2008.0708
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN0830109720080708

GM Says Developing Plans to Cut Costs, Save Cash - Reuters, 2008.0708
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0825505120080708

G-8 Agrees on Emissions Reduction Goals - Spiegel, 2008.0708
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,564561,00.html

A Climate Threat from Flat TVs, Microchips - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0708
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-climate8-2008jul08,0,7460950.story

G-8 Endorses Greenhouse Gas Cuts, but Details Are Few - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0708
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-summit9-2008jul09,0,2141040.story

EU, Greens Urge Bush to Back 2050 Emissions Target - Reuters, 2008.0707
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSSP25848

French Nuclear Rivalry May Hamper UK Energy Plans - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0707
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/07/nuclearpower.energy

Climate Change May Muddy Better-Than-Bottled New York Tap Water - Newsday, 2008.0707
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hstapwater0708,0,420811.story

Green Living Makes Headway in China - China Daily, 2008.0707
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-07/07/content_6824708.htm

Earth-Friendly Neighborhoods Find a Niche - MSNBC, 2008.0707
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25573941/wid/18298287/

Toyota to Add Solar Panels to Prius Hybrids - MSNBC, 2008.0707
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25566243/wid/18298287/

Britain: A Leader in Tackling Climate Change? Far from It, Says New Report - Independent, 2008.0706
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/britain-a-leader-in-tackling-climate-change-far-from-it-says-new-report-860859.html

Beyond Bamboo - Baltimore Sun, 2008.0706
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/realestate/bal-re.ecofloor06jul06,0,723591.story

Report: Biofuels Blamed for Food Price Crisis - MSNBC, 2008.0704
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25530583/wid/18298287/

Architects Forge Path to Sustainable Spaces - Calgary Herald, 2008.0703
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=ff487d38-d718-41a7-8b76-01a95f33c128

Sim Van Der Ryn - Pioneer of Green Architecture - CNN, 2008.0703
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/07/03/derryn.interview/

Study: U.S. Worst of G8 in Addressing Warming - MSNBC, 2008.0703
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25509414/wid/18298287/

U.S. Urged to Create Uber-Agency for Earth - MSNBC, 2008.0703
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25517296/wid/18298287/

Before G8, Britain Says CO2 Emissions Understated - Reuters, 2008.0702
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL0245605420080702

Migratory Mismatch - Nature, 2008.0702
http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0808/full/climate.2008.68.html

117 Degrees in L.A.? Experts See Future Shock - MSNBC, 2008.0702
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25501251/wid/18298287/

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Google Ventures into Virtual Reality with 'Lively' - New York Times, 2008.0709
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Autodesk, Bentley Announce Interoperability Agreement - TenLinks, 2008.0708
http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/BENTLEY/070808_adesk_bentley.htm

Linux - Still Chasing That Elusive 1% Market Share - ZDNet, 2008.0707
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2179

Autodesk Releases 3ds Max Design 2009 Service Pack 1 - Autodesk Press Release, 2008.0707
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Microsoft Criticizes EU's 'Unreasonable' Judgement - The Register, 2008.0707
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/microsoft_launches_ec_fine_appeal/

KOMPAS-3D V10 Is Coming Soon - Ascon Press Release, 2008.0707
http://www.ascon.net/?news=456
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