Green Architecture & Construction Headlines 2012.0314

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WWF Names Top Five Environmental Game Changers of the Past Five Years - WWF Press Release, 2012.0314
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wwf-na ... 2012-03-14

Poland Veto Won't Stop Climate 'Road Map' - UPI, 2012.0314
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy ... 331721000/

Will Moore's Law Save Us All? - Triple Pundit, 2012.0313
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/03/wil ... -save-all/

Rep. Cliff Stearns Wants to Sell Off Our National Parks - Climate Progress, 2012.0313
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/1 ... nal-parks/

A Greener Strategy for New York's Runaway Sewage - New York Times (Blog), 2012.0313
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/ ... ay-sewage/

Congressional Inaction May Halt $100M Arkansas Wind Manufacturing Plant: 'No PTC, No Wind Turbine Plant' - ThinkProgress, 2012.0313
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/1 ... ine-plant/

L.A. Considers an Airport Rail Connection - Next American City, 2012.0313
http://americancity.org/buzz/entry/3444/

Green Carpet: Grass Trail Winds through City Streets - WebUrbanist, 2012.0313
http://weburbanist.com/2012/03/13/green ... y-streets/

Study Finds Tar Sands Has Higher CO2 Emissions Than Thought, Calls Land Restoration Pledge 'Greenwashing' - ThinkProgress, 2012.0313
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/1 ... enwashing/

Poll: Public Backs Obama over GOP on Gas Prices, 66% Blame Big Oil or Mideast Tension for Price Spike - ThinkProgress, 2012.0313
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/1 ... ice-spike/

Going Solar in Bay Area Cities - Next American City, 2012.0313
http://americancity.org/buzz/entry/3443/

Brazil's Growth Offers Wealth and Worry in the Northeast - Triple Pundit, 2012.0313
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/03/bra ... velopment/

No Voices for Small Island Threatened by Climate Change - Media Matters, 2012.0313
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203130009

Philips Defends New Energy Efficient Light Bulb - Triple Pundit, 2012.0313
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/03/phi ... ight-bulb/

Water under Pressure - Nature (registration required), 2012.0313
http://www.nature.com/news/water-under-pressure-1.10216

No Voices for Small Island Threatened by Climate Change - Media Matters for America, 2012.0313
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203130009

Pixel Building in Melbourne Receives LEED Platinum Rating - Architecture & Design (Australia), 2012.0312
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au ... 33760.aspx

Push-Button Window Tinting an Energy Saver - EarthTechling, 2012.0312
http://www.earthtechling.com/2012/03/el ... -building/

Power Grid Must Adapt to Handle Renewable Energy - NPR, 2012.0312
http://www.npr.org/2012/03/12/148318905 ... ff-balance

Underground Eco Park in NYC - Sierra Club, 2012.0311
http://www.sierraclubgreenhome.com/gree ... east-side/

Green for Go at New Centre of Sustainability - Yorkshire Post, 2012.0309
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at- ... -1-4332214

Fox News Science, Again - Media Matters, 2012.0309
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201203090017

A Prefab's New Eco Promise - Chicago Tribune, 2012.0309
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012 ... e-bedrooms

Interview with a Passive House Builder - Jetson Green, 2012.0308
http://www.jetsongreen.com/2012/03/inte ... tland.html

Zero Energy Buildings: Closer Than You Might Think - Matter Network, 2012.0308
http://www.matternetwork.com/2012/3/zer ... r-than.cfm

Why Healthy Buildings? - Architecture 2030, 2012.0308
http://architecture2030.org/the_problem ... roblem_why

Interview with a Passive House Builder - Jetson Green, 2012.0308
http://www.jetsongreen.com/2012/03/inte ... tland.html

Bright Is the New Black: New York Roofs Go Cool - ThinkProgress, 2012.0308
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/0 ... s-go-cool/

What's Wrong with Climate Change Economics in One Chart - ThinkProgress, 2012.0308
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/0 ... one-chart/

Bright Is the New Black: New York Roofs Go Cool - NASA Press Release, 2012.0307
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ ... 030712.php

International Interest Grows in Green-Building Certification - New York Times, 2012.0307
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/busin ... ation.html

The Project Is Going Down - ArchitectureWeek, 2012.0307
http://www.architectureweek.com/2012/0307/index.html

Green Energy 'Ten Times Dearer Than Power Stations' - Mail Online, 2012.0307
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... chers.html

USGBC Backs Down on FSC-100% Requirement - Hardwood Floors Magazine, 2012.0307
http://hardwoodfloorsmag.com/editors/bl ... equirement

Commonwealth Bank Place, Sydney, Achieves Australian First for Green Innovation - Architecture & Design, 2012.0307
http://www.architectureanddesign.com.au ... 33723.aspx

Chicago Establishing Non-Profit Trust to Upgrade Transit and Energy Efficiency. - Architect's Newspaper, 2012.0307
http://www.archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5923

Must-See Video on the True Cost of Tar Sands - ThinkProgress, 2012.0306
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/03/0 ... tar-sands/

Evergreen Homes: Alley House 2 - Mother Nature Network (Blog), 2012.0306
http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling ... ey-house-2

Finding the Flotsam: Where Is Japan's Floating Tsunami Wreckage Headed? - Nature (registration required), 2012.0306
http://www.nature.com/news/finding-the- ... ed-1.10178

Greenfab Modular Home Received LEED Platinum Certification - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2012.0306
http://www.seattlepi.com/business/press ... 385212.php

Jerry Yudelson, Green Expert and Senior Sustainability Adviser for Glumac - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2012.0306
http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/03/06/je ... or-glumac/

A Dream Grows in Copenhagen - New York Times, 2012.0305
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/busin ... iving.html

Green Building Practices Have Risk, Liability Issues: Report - Vancouver Sun, 2012.0305
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/green- ... story.html

Colorado Law Preventing CU-Boulder from Using Graywater System at LEED-Platinum Dorm - Green Real Estate Law Journal, 2012.0303
http://www.greenrealestatelaw.com/2012/ ... inum-dorm/

Plans to Launch REIT Challenged in New York Court - Green Real Estate Law Journal, 2012.0302
http://www.greenrealestatelaw.com/2012/ ... eme-court/

PA Code Council Votes to Reject 2012 ICC Changes, Delay Code Updates Until at Least 2018 - Green Building Law Blog, 2012.0302
http://www.greenbuildinglawblog.com/201 ... east-2018/

Is Sustainability Hazardous? - Building Product Marketing, 2012.0301
http://www.buildingproductmarketing.com ... rdous.html

LEED Pilot Credits Create Marketing Opportunities - Building Product Marketing, 2012.0301
http://www.buildingproductmarketing.com ... eting.html