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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1347 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:03 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Green 2008.1126 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. What do your friends and relatives think about climate change? Is it safe to talk about when relaxing after a turkey dinner? Is it safe not to talk about it? A recent article in Nature Reports Climate Change reviews the really long-term impacts of ongoing carbon dioxide emissions... "The lasting effects of CO2 also have big implications for energy policies, argues James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies. "Because of this long CO2 lifetime, we cannot solve the climate problem by slowing down emissions by 20% or 50% or even 80%. It does not matter much whether the CO2 is emitted this year, next year, or several years from now," he wrote in a letter this August. 'Instead ... we must identify a portion of the fossil fuels that will be left in the ground, or captured upon emission and put back into the ground.'" Carbon is forever http://www.nature.com/climate/2008/0812/full/climate.2008.122.html Green and Sustainable Design and Building News This Week -------------------------------------------------------- States Flirting with Higher Gas Taxes - New York Times, 2008.1124 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/states-flirting-with-higher-gas-taxes/ Southern Ocean Changing but Still Major CO2 Sink: Study - Reuters, 2008.1124 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AN1P020081124 Economic Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy - New York Times, 2008.1124 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/25climate.html?_r=1&ref=earth&oref=slogin Renovating the U.N., with Hints of Green - New York Times, 2008.1122 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/22/arts/design/22nati.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=architecture+design+building&st=nyt Calif. Climate Crusaders Set to Act in Congress - MSNBC, 2008.1121 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27846093/ U.N. Publishes Draft Proposal Ahead of Climate Meet - Reuters, 2008.1121 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AJ88O20081121 Environmentalists Speak Out on Auto Bailouts - New York Times, 2008.1121 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/environmentalists-speak-out-on-auto-bailouts/ With Gas Prices Down, Seats Open Up on the Bus - New York Times, 2008.1121 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/with-gas-prices-down-seats-open-up-on-the-bus/ The Many Uses of Wastewater - New York Times, 2008.1121 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/the-many-uses-of-wastewater/ Debating the Green Building Premium - New York Times, 2008.1120 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/debating-the-green-building-premium/ Green Skyscraper by Cook + Fox - ArchietctureWeek, 2008.1119 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/1119/building_1-1.html Expected be the first LEED Platinum skyscraper, the 945-foot- (288-meter-) tall Bank of America Tower is located at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan, opposite Bryant Park. Pollution Has Leveled Off, but the Figures Have Holes, Report Says - New York Times, 2008.1118 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/world/18climate.html?ref=earth Forestry Carbon Dioxide Projects to Close Down - Nature, 2008.1118 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081118/full/456289a.html Aquarium of the Pacific Opens Carbon Neutral Aquarium Building - Z & A Visitor, 2008.1118 http://www.zandavisitor.com/newsarticle-631-Aquarium_of_the_Pacific_Opens_First_Carbon_Neutral_Aquarium_Building Living Off What Nature Provides - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.1118 http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/living-off-what-nature-provides/2008/11/18/1226770451140.html Los Angeles Architects Recognize Top Green Design Firm - PR Web, 2008.1118 http://www.prweb.com/releases/LPA/Green_Design_Firm/prweb1636144.htm Obama Vows Climate Action Despite Financial Crisis - Reuters, 2008.1118 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AH79220081118 Prius Diary Extra - How Green Should Detroit Be? - New York Times, 2008.1117 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/prius-diary-extra-how-green-should-detroit-be/ The New MacBook's Green Credentials - New York Times, 2008.1117 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/the-new-macbooks-green-credentials/ Trees and Consumption: A Forest of Calculations - New York Times, 2008.1117 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/17/trees-and-consumption-a-forest-of-calculations/ The Beautifully Unfolding Ocho Casas Housing Complex - Inhabitat (blog), 2008.1117 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/11/17/origami-inspired-social-housing/ Museum Features Tiny Town That Went Green - Morning News, 2008.1117 http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/11/17/your_home/111708yhgreen.txt Green Gap - Wall Street Journal, 2008.1116 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122661046508725685.html?mod=googlenews_wsj At Exxon, Making the Case for Oil - New York Times, 2008.1116 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/business/16exxon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Going Green: Still Challenging Turf - New York Times, 2008.1116 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/realestate/16wczo.html Designing Green Buildings for the Real World - New York Times, 2008.1114 http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/designing-green-buildings-for-the-real-world/ Marine Dead Zones Set to Expand Rapidly - Nature, 2008.1114 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081114/full/news.2008.1230.html EPA Ruling over Climate Jeopardizes Coal Plants - Reuters, 2008.1114 http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE4AD71120081114 Water Laws May Be Used to Fight Warming - New York Times, 2008.1113 http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/water-laws-may-be-used-to-fight-warming/?em Climate Change: Stronger, Faster, Sooner - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112 http://www.archweek.com/2008/1112/news_1-1.html New Global Warming Law Won't Happen Soon - MSNBC, 2008.1112 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27684899/ California Academy of Sciences - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.1112 http://www.archweek.com/2008/1112/environment_1-1.html Climate First for Obama Transition Team - Nature, 2008.1108 http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081111/full/456146a.html People and Places by Nancy Novitski http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/1119/news_2-1.html Renzo Piano in Fort Worth, Texas - Behnisch Architekten, with Ayers/ Saint/ Gross in Baltimore, Maryland - Shepley Bulfinch and Erdman in Janesville, Wisconsin - Frank Gehry in Toronto, Canada - CORE architecture + design in Washington, D.C., USA - Randall Stout Architects, with RRMM Architects in Roanoke, Virginia - Leo A Daly in Los Angeles, California ... short stories continue online: http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/1119/news_2-1.html -- * -- Save carbon - Switch to ArchitectureWeek! ** https://archweek.securesites.com/subscribe.html Press Release - Michael Gould Joins Hunt Hale Jones Architects as Urban Design/Multifamily Studio Director http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?081119_Hunt_Hale_Jones Product News - ECOTECT Download a free trial of Autodesk(R) Ecotect(TM) software and create more sustainable building designs. 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