Green Building

Cities' Green Building Catching On

Laurie David | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Natural Disasters, Leed, Climate Change, Green Building, Green Rebuilding, Crazy Weather, Extreme Weather, Midwest Flooding, Global Warming, Green News

For those rebuilding green after the devastation of extreme weather and those who are looking for ways to protect their city's future by going green -- we salute you.

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Everything New Is Old Again

Lloyd Alter | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Architecture, Green Building, Leed, Seattle, Green News

Eighty years separate the construction of these two Seattle buildings, but in fact they are very much alike. Both have high ceilings and big windows...

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Formaldehyde Fears: Summer Heat Creates Risk

Planet Green | Collin Dunn | Posted 06.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Indoor Air Quality, Green Building, Green Home, Green News

We've seen that formaldehyde, one of the more formidable indoor air pollutants, can be found in everything from your furniture to your flooring, and...

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Retrofitting Our Buildings

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: The Giving Life, Green, Green Building, Retrofitted Buildings, Living News

If we put real capital into how we conserve energy, rather than building new power plants, we'll see more job-creating projects that support families and prosperity, instead of ugly, toxic-waste producers.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.09.2008 | Media

Read More: Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Right Wing Media, Oil Sands, Renewable Energy, Neal Boortz, Depleted Uranium, Dick Cheney, Tar Sands, Dan Abrams, Environmental Protection Agency, Solar Tax Credits, Oil Industry, Richard Nixon, Dow Chemical, Guantanamo Torture, Michael Savage, John Ashcroft, Mary Gade, Chevron, Dioxin, Solar Power, Thomas Friedman, Tavis Smiley, John Conyers, Karl Rove, Bp, Rush Limbaugh, Exxon Mobil, Mother Jones, Green Building, Lou Dobbs, Iraq Contractors, Co2, John Yoo, Iraqi Interpreters, Shell Oil, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Whistleblowers, Talk Radio, Kbr, Media Consolidation, Don Siegelman, 60 Minutes, Sean Hannity, Conocophillips, Ducks, Fox News, Clean Technology, Glenn Beck, Bush Approval Rating, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

Hundreds of ducks made a fatal landing in oil and toxic sludge; Republicans block federal aid to wind and solar; the shocking testimony of three whistleblowers on US contractors in Iraq.

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Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Pentagon, Rush Limbaugh, Election Fraud, Antonin Scalia, Donald Rumsfeld, Indiana Photo Id Law, Border Fence, 2008 Election, Pentagon Propaganda, Leed, Crimes Against Nature, Donald Rumsfeld Torture, Federal Election Commission, Pentagon Pundit Scandal, Conservative Supreme Court Justices, Fox News, Benito Mussolini, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Green Building, Wolf Slaughter, Thomas McInerney, Jeb Bush, Global Warming, Robert Scales, Muzzled Scientists, Media News

Scientists ordered to lie by Bush administration; Pentagon suspends its illegal retired military analyst program; Rumsfeld's propaganda; Federal Elections Commission paralyzed.

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The Green House Effect: Metal From Metal

Danny Seo | Posted 05.01.2008 | Living

Read More: The Giving Life, Green Building, Green, The Green House Effect, Living News

Lately, I've been working on a number of fun and exciting projects. In the meetings for a new organic skin care line we're developing, I've been spou...

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LEEDing the Way to Green Buildings

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 12.27.2007 | Business

Read More: Second-Party, Green Seal, Gore, Third-Party, Sallan Foundation, Shopping for a Better World, Point System, Green Building, New York City, Durst, Certification, Iseal, Fsc, Platinum, Leed, Business News

Former Vice President Al Gore will reportedly take space for his investment company in a Durst building going up near Bryant Park in New York City. A ...

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A Public Policy Gimme: Financing Green Construction and Retrofits

David Roberts | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics

Read More: Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Green Business, Green Living, Politics News

grist.orgSteve Heckeroth's piece "Solar is the solution" has been recommended all over the green blogosphere, first by Robert Rapier, I thi...

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