Green Wednesday 2008.0723
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Wed Jul 23 23:23:44 PDT 2008
Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,
Green Wednesday, by the editors of ArchitectureWeek, brings you weekly
green design and building news from around our planet.
You've probably already seen Al Gore's call to action for a transformative
upgrade to the U.S. electric power system.
We think it's worth pausing again to consider: Why the heck not? And,
what are the next steps in helping this happen?
Former Vice President Al Gore said on Thursday that
Americans must abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels
within a decade and rely on the sun, the winds and other
environmentally friendly sources of power, or risk losing
their national security as well as their creature comforts.
"The survival of the United States of America as we know it
is at risk," Mr. Gore said in a speech to an energy
conference here. "The future of human civilization is at
stake."
Mr. Gore called for the kind of concerted national effort
that enabled Americans to walk on the moon 39 years ago this
month, just eight years after President John F. Kennedy
famously embraced that goal. He said the goal of producing
all of the nation’s electricity from "renewable energy and
truly clean, carbon-free sources" within 10 years is not
some farfetched vision, although he said it would require
fundamental changes in political thinking and personal
expectations.
Gore Calls for Carbon-Free Electric Power - New York Times, 2008.0718
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/washington/18gorecnd.html?scp=5&sq=gore energy proposal&st=cse
The (Annotated) Gore Energy Speech
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/the-annotated-gore-climate-speech/index.html?hp
Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Climate Film Draws a Rebuke - New York Times, 2008.0722
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/earth/22clim.html?ref=science
Where Research and Tourism Collide - New York Times, 2008.0722
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22lab.html?ref=science
A Product's Place Is on the Set - New York Times, 2008.0722
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/media/22adco.html?ref=business
Ford to Make Broader Bet on Small Cars - New York Times, 2008.0722
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/business/22ford.html?ref=business
Beijing Has First Workday under Car Restrictions - New York Times, 2008.0721
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-China-Traffic-Plan.html?ref=environment
Mideast Facing Choice between Crops and Water - New York Times, 2008.0721
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/21/business/worldbusiness/21arabfood.html?ref=environment
Mexican Mangroves Well Worth Saving - Nature, 2008.0721
http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080721/full/news.2008.966.html
Trying to Build a Greener Britain, Home by Home - New York Times, 2008.0720
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/world/europe/20greenhouse.html?ref=environment
Appealing to Bloggers' Influence, Gore Asks for Help in Promoting Energy Challenge - New York Times, 2008.0720
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/us/politics/20netroot.html?ref=environment
Wetlands Could Unleash "Carbon Bomb" - Reuters, 2008.0720
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1745905120080720?sp=true
Texas Approves a $4.93 Billion Wind-Power Project - New York Times, 2008.0719
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/19/business/19wind.html?ref=science
Big Building Projects in Ann Arbor Are Going Up Green - Michigan Live, 2008.0719
http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2008/07/big_residential_projects_are_g.html
More on Why White House Blocked CO2 Curbs - New York Times, 2008.0718
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/more-on-why-white-house-blocked-co2-curbs/
Who's Backing Gingrich's 'Drill Here' Push? - New York Times, 2008.0717
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/whos-backing-gingrichs-drill-here-drill-now-push/
Ice Update and Unfiltered U.S. Climate Report - New York Times, 2008.0717
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/ice-update-and-unfiltered-us-climate-report/
UniCube Green Dorm Concept Takes Competition Prize - Jetson Green, 2008.0717
http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/07/unicube-prototy.html
Car Buyers Downsize, but Spend Big on Options - New York Times, 2008.0717
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/business/17compact.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
For Pelosi, a Fight Against Offshore Drilling - New York Times, 2008.0717
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/washington/17pelosi.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
A More Flattering Shade of Green - New York Times, 2008.0717
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/fashion/17Cyber.html?ref=environment
The Eu's Carbon Trading Scheme - Spiegel, 2008.0717
http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,566441,00.html
Living Steel 2008 - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0716
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0716/index.html
For its third annual steel housing competition, Living Steel
challenged architects to design affordable, energy-efficient
housing prototypes for Cherepovets, Russia, where
temperatures can climb to 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees
Fahrenheit) in the summer and dive as low as -49 degrees
Celsius (-56 degrees Fahrenheit) in the winter.
Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest - New York Times, 2008.0715
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15farm.html?ref=science
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