ArchWeek Green 2009.1027

Tue Oct 27 11:24:00 PDT 2009

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ArchWeek Green, from the editors of the leading architecture magazine 
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around our planet.

As the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works opens its
hearings on the climate bill (links below), CNN releases a poll showing
independents in favor of the draft bill's cap-and-trade approach to 
limiting large-source greenhouse gas emissions.

	"Sixty percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research
	Corporation survey say they favor 'cap and trade,' a Democratic
	sponsored plan in which the federal government would limit the
	amount of greenhouse gases that companies could produce in their
	factories or power plants. Thirty-seven percent oppose the
	proposal, which would penalize companies that exceed greenhouse
	gas limits with fines or by making those businesses pay money to
	other companies that producer smaller amounts of pollution.

	"The poll also suggests a partisan divide, with three in four
	Democrats backing the proposal and nearly six in 10 independents
	on board as well, but only four in 10 Republicans supporting
	'cap and trade.'...

	"'The support of independents will be crucial to any cap and
	trade proposal,' [says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland].
	'Independents may not be red or blue, but they appear to be
	green. Earlier polls indicate that Independents believe in
	global warming and believe that the government can take steps to
	curtail the problem.'"

CNN Poll: 6 in 10 Back 'Cap and Trade' - CNN, 2009.1027
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/27/cnn-poll-6-in-10-back-cap-and-trade/

Also this week, new peer-reviewed research findings add important 
weight to the growing mountain of evidence against biofuels as an 
easy route to maintaining liquid-fuel-based lifestyles. 

	"Two papers in Science yesterday have poured cold water on the
	promise of second generation biofuels.

	"Biofuels derived from the cellulosic, woody parts of plants are
	not having their greenhouse gas emissions properly accounted
	for, says Jerry Melillo from the Marine Biological Laboratory at
	Woods Hole. Melillo's study suggests that changes in the way
	land is used, as a consequence of growing crops for biofuels, is
	not taken into account, and if it were then those biofuels would
	be shown to actually cause more greenhouse gases to be released
	than fossil fuels....

	"In a related policy forum article, Timothy Searchinger from
	Princeton University and a bunch of colleagues point out flaws
	in the ways that carbon emissions are counted for cap-and-trade
	schemes in both Europe and the US.

	"They say that the assertion that fuels made from biomass can be
	counted as carbon neutral is wrong. 'Harvesting existing forests
	for electricity adds net carbon to the air,' the report says.
	'If bioenergy crops displace forest or grassland, the carbon
	released from solid and vegetation, plus lost future
	sequestration, generates carbon debt, which counts against the
	carbon the crops absorb.'"

Biofuel Woes - Climate Feedback (Nature blog), 2009.1023 
http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2009/10/biofuel_woes_1.html

Senate Hearings on Climate Bill Underway on Tuesday...

Background at Climate Progress, 2009.1026
	http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/blogs/link.php?id=45849
Link to Live and Archived Hearings Video:
	http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Choose

Discuss online:
http://www.architectureforum.com/topic-30971.html

Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week
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Nature: "Dynamic thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice-sheet ocean margins is more sensitive, pervasive, enduring and important than previously realized" - Climate Progress, 2009.1026
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/blogs/link.php?id=45860

As Sea Levels Rise, Dutch See Floating Cities - New York Times, 2009.1026
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/as-sea-levels-rise-dutch-see-floating-cities/

Statisticians Reject Global Cooling - AP at Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2009.1026
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ap-impact-statisticians-reject-174088.html

Of Alberta's Oil Sands and 'Harmonizing' Canadian and U.S. Climate Policy - New York Times, 2009.1026
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/of-albertas-oil-sands-and-harmonizing-canadian-and-us-climate-policy/

Polar Bears vs. Development in Alaska - New York Times, 2009.1026
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/polar-bears-vs-resource-development-in-alaska/

SOM Wins Competition to Create Beijing's Sustainable City Center - Inhabitat (blog), 2009.1026
http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/26/som-wins-competition-to-create-beijings-sustainable-city-center/

Feud Continues between Wood Certifiers - New York Times, 2009.1026
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/eco-friendly-wood-certifiers-continue-feud/

Blu Homes Completes Eco-Chalet in Colorado - ENN, 2009.1026
http://www.enn.com/business/article/40629

Campaign Against Emissions Picks Number - New York Times, 2009.1025
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/science/earth/25threefifty.html

Senate Global Warming Bill Is Seeking to Cushion the Impact on Industry - New York Times, 2009.1025
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/us/politics/25climate.html

Telling the Whole Story on Global Warming - Sen. Boxer at Huffington Post, 2009.1025
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sen-barbara-boxer/telling-the-whole-story-o_b_333290.html

Countdown to Copenhagen - Nature, 2009.1024
http://blogs.nature.com/climatefeedback/2009/10/countdown_to_copenhagen.html

Conservationists Laud Poland's Move to Re-Route Controversial Motorway - Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1023
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/23/conservation-poland-motorway

Study Sees Solar Costs Declining - New York Times, 2009.1023
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/study-sees-solar-costs-declining/

Europe Is Divided over Climate Payments - New York Times, 2009.1023
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/europe-is-divided-over-climate-payments/

Test Driving the Electric Ford Focus - New York Times, 2009.1023
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/test-driving-the-electric-ford-focus/

Food Advocates Envision Rooftop Gardens and Vertical Farms - New York Times, 2009.1023
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/food-advocates-envision-rooftop-gardens-and-vertical-farms/

A Design That's a Teaching Tool - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2009.1023
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20091023_Changing_Skyline__A_design_that_s_a_teaching_tool.html

Fill It Up with Electricity, Please - New York Times, 2009.1022
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/automobiles/autospecial2/22ELECTRIC.html

Palmdale Parking Lots to Double as Power Plants - Los Angeles Times, 2009.1021
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wind-farms21-2009oct21,0,5733849.story

Atlanta Botanical Garden Completes $55 Million Green Expansion - Hospitality Design, 2009.1021
http://www.hdmag.com/hospitalitydesign/content_display/industry-news/e3i6ee2d582b260f7365b9abcaa56987dd1

Climate: When the Ice Melts - Nature, 2009.1021
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091021/full/4611042a.html

Radical Green - Metropolis, 2009.1021
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20091021/radical-green

We Can't Ignore Climate Change - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1021
http://www.archweek.com/2009/1021/environment_1-1.html
	At a Clean Energy Economy Forum at the White House on
	October 7, 2009, J. Wayne Leonard, the chairman and CEO
	of Entergy Corporation, a Fortune 500 energy company
	based in New Orleans, spoke about the urgency of
	addressing climate change. - Editor

High Tension over Big Timber - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1021
http://www.archweek.com/2009/1021/news_2-1.html
	Late in 2007, storm-driven rains in southwestern
	Washington sent floodwater, mud, and tons of logging
	debris crashing into homes and farmland downstream of
	the Chehalis River. The floods caused massive erosion of
	mountain habitat and hundreds of millions of dollars in
	property damage, and downed an estimated 140,000
	truckloads of timber - much of it on land owned by the
	Weyerhaeuser Company, the state's largest private
	timberland owner.

Europe Offers to Cut Emissions 95% by 2050 If Deal Reached at Copenhagen - Guardian Unlimited, 2009.1021
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/oct/21/europe-carbon-emissions
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China-India Deal to Resist Carbon Caps - Financial Times, 2009.1021
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As Time Runs Short for Global Climate Treaty, Nations May Settle for Interim Steps - New York Times, 2009.1021
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/science/earth/21treaty.html?_r=1&sq=climate &st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1256583672-M0Xk6SVZ8UmEADRgvEMIbQ

Fossil Fuels' Hidden Cost Is in Billions, Study Says - New York Times, 2009.1019
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20fossil.html?ref=earth

September Global Surface Temperature Second Warmest Since 1880 - ENN, 2009.1018
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/40599

No Easy Way Out - Nature, 2009.1015
http://www.nature.com/climate/2009/0911/full/climate.2009.106.html

Modular Building Designs Take Top Prize in Lifecycle Building Challenge Awards - Greener Buildings, 2009.1013
http://www.greenerbuildings.com/news/2009/10/13/modular-building-designs-take-top-prize-lifecycle-building-challenge-awards

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