ArchWeek Green 2009.0301
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Sun Mar 1 13:34:23 PST 2009
Dear Designers, Builders, and Friends,
ArchWeek Green, from the editors of the leading architecture magazine
online, brings you weekly sustainable design and building news from
around our planet.
The finding may not stick going forward, but data for 2008 is
showing that the world economic crisis so far has not lowered CO2
emissions enough to it to show up in the atmosphere. In fact, the
annual rate of CO2 increase has still been going up...
CO2 Rise in Atmosphere Accelerates in 2008 - Reuters, 2009.0225
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE51O4FG20090225
As Steven Chu told the LA Times earlier this year, "I don't think
the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen."
Maybe "we" still need to hear more harsh-reality news, like this...
Droughts 'May Lay Waste' to Parts of US - Guardian, 2009.0226
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/feb/26/drought-us-climate-change
While beavering away all the faster at doing better 1) in our
professional practice, where we take actions with great leverage,
and 2) in our personal lives, where voting with our wallets counts
even more as the wallets shrink...
American Taste for Soft Toilet Roll 'Worse than Driving Hummers' - Guardian, 2009.0226
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/26/toilet-roll-america
Discuss online:
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Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Obama's Backing Raises Hopes for Climate Pact - New York Times, 2009.0228
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/science/earth/01treaty.html
Climate change: The semantics of denial - Guardian blog, 2009.0227
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/feb/27/climate-change-deniers-sceptics
$25 Billion to Promote Electric Cars Is Untouched - New York Times, 2009.0227
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/business/energy-environment/27green.html
Cutting consumption is more important than limiting population - Guardian blog, 2009.0225
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/feb/25/population-emissions-monbiot
Economic Crisis Complicates California's Goals on Climate - New York Times, 2009.0225
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25carbon.html?ref=earth
Green Support Remains, LEED Interest Slips - GlobeSt, 2009.0225
http://www.globest.com/news/1354_1354/losangeles/177097-1.html
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen AIA Firm Award - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0225
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0225/index.html
Since Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects was founded in
1971, the Seattle firm has sought to integrate contemporary
architectural forms into the natural settings of the Pacific
Northwest, employing a combination of sensitivity and efficiency
that can be recognized as sustainable design.
E.P.A. Is Told to Reconsider Its Standards on Pollutants - New York Times, 2009.0225
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25air.html?ref=earth
Towers in Manhattan Gather Heat for Power - New York Times, 2009.0225
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/realestate/commercial/25cogen.html?ref=earth
Sears Tower in Silver? A Green Idea That Isn't as Good as Gold - Chicago Tribune, 2009.0225
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/02/might-sears-tower-the-black-mountain-of-the-chicago-skylineturn-silverdont-count-on-it-even-ifsuch-a-jarring-movemight-cu.html
In Climate Debate, Exaggeration Is a Pitfall - New York Times, 2009.0225
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/science/earth/25hype.html?_r=1&ref=earth
Satellite to Monitor Carbon Sinks Sinks - Nature, 2009.0224
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090224/full/4571067b.html
Green Expertise Turns to Gold - Oregonian, 2009.0224
http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2009/02/helping_china_go_green.html
Using LEED to Measure Spray Polyurethane Foam - Spray Foam, 2009.0224
http://www.sprayfoam.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=218
Nations Pull Together to Cut Mercury Emissions - Nature, 2009.0224
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090224/full/news.2009.118.html
Turning Bricks and Mortar Green - MIT News, 2009.0223
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/greening-buildings-0223.html
Using Recycled and Green Building Materials - AZoBuild, 2009.0223
http://www.azobuild.com/news.asp?newsID=6301
Harbour Threat for Coelacanths - Nature, 2009.0223
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090223/full/4571063a.html
West Blamed for Rapid Increase in China's CO2 - Guardian, 2009.0223
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/23/china-co2-emissions-climate
The Greenest Building... - Earth911, 2009.0223
http://earth911.com/blog/2009/02/23/the-greenest-building/
Uncertainty over Animal Crossings - Nature, 2009.0223
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090223/full/news.2009.114.html
Is the New York Times Coverage of Global Warming Fatally Flawed? - Climate Progress blog, 2009.0222
http://climateprogress.org/2009/02/22/is-the-new-york-times-coverage-of-global-warming-fatally-flawed/
Arctic Coastal Erosion Doubles in 50 Years - Nature, 2009.0220
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/220/2
Peak Energy: Promise or Peril? - Nature, 2009.0219
http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0903/full/climate.2009.19.html
Solar Team Steels Itself for Victory - The Santa Clara, 2009.0219
http://media.www.thesantaclara.com/media/storage/paper946/news/2009/02/19/News/Solar.Team.Steels.Itself.For.Victory-3638168.shtml
E.P.A. Expected to Regulate Carbon Dioxide - New York Times, 2009.0219
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/science/earth/19epa.html
Melt-Pools 'Accelerating Arctic Ice Loss' - Guardian, 2009.0218
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/18/arctic-ice-melt
Investors Target Exxon, Massey for Lags on Climate - Reuters, 2009.0218
http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE51H5X620090218
New York Must Prepare for Global Warming, Mayor's Panel Says - New York Times, 2009.0218
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/science/earth/18climate.html
Changes Set for Green Ratings - North Bay Business Journal, 2009.0216
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090216/BUSINESSJOURNAL/902130224/1315/LIFESTYLE05?Title=Changes_set_for_green_ratings
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Press Release - AIA CEO Talks TOD to Transportation Finance Reform Panel
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Houston, Texas - Glidden, Spina & Partners in West Palm
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York, New York - Omniplan in Corpus Christi, Texas...
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