Wake Up, America. We're Driving Toward Disaster.
Everywhere I go these days, talking about the global energy predicament on the college lecture circuit or at environmental conferences, I hear an increasingly shrill cry for "...
May 25, 2008 by James Howard Kunstler
The Washington Post

Peak oil hits new heights and the view is not pretty
The problem is simple, there is not enough to go around, write John Garnaut in Beijing and Matt Wade in New Delhi. China's devastating earthquake gave the people of Sichuan...
May 24, 2008 by John Garnaut and Matt Wade
The Sydney Morning Herald

$135 and rising ... has cheap oil gone for ever? Consumers feel the pinch as analysts predict crude may reach $150 a barrel
Fresh from his mauling in the byelection, Gordon Brown met two leaders yesterday. One was the Dalai Lama; the other, Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir al-Thani, prime minister of oil ...
May 24, 2008 by Larry Elliott, Economics Editor
The Guardian

Is the world about to be running on empty? As evidence emerges of dwindling oil reserves, the price of crude hits $135 a barrel
In France, fishermen are blockading oil refineries. In Britain, lorry drivers are planning a day of action. In the US, the car maker Ford is to cut production of gas-guzzling ...
May 23, 2008 by Stephen Foley in New York
The Independent

Economic Toll Mounts From High Oil Prices
Oil prices leaped above $135 a barrel in overnight trading on Thursday, a new record that underscored the growing pressures that runaway energy prices are placing on some of t...
May 23, 2008 by GRAHAM BOWLEY and DAVID JOLLY
The New York Times

IEA worried about oil supplies, prepares forecast
PARIS (AP) — A leading global energy monitor fears there may not be enough oil to slake the world's thirst — and is preparing a landmark forecast that could reverberate throug...
May 22, 2008 by ANGELA CHARLTON
Associated Press

Crude threat: High oil prices may yet damage the global economy
Had economists been told that oil would barely pause at the century mark before reaching the recent peak of nearly $127, they would no doubt have forecast dire economic conseq...
May 15, 2008
The Economist

Climate expert says he underestimated threat
LONDON (Reuters) - Climate change expert Nicholas Stern says he under-estimated the threat from global warming in a major report 18 months ago when he compared the economic ri...
April 18, 2008 by Gerard Wynn
Reuters UK

Promote Green Buildings For Biggest, Easiest Cuts In North American Carbon Dioxide Emissions
ScienceDaily (Mar. 18, 2008) — Promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American greenhouse gas emissions that are fuell...
March 18, 2008
ScienceDaily

Sustainable building could be key to American carbon strategy
Green technology could cut buildings' energy needs by 70%, saving carbon equal to a year of US transport emissions Energy-saving technologies in buildings could save North ...
March 17, 2008 by Karolin Schaps
Building

College students seeing green as the way to go
A youthquake of activism is hitting college campuses as students — armed with cellphones, lots of contacts and political savvy — tackle global warming. Plans have begun at ca...
March 13, 2008 by Daniel Horgan, Special for USA TODAY
USA Today

Presidential Campaigns Tackle Green Building Policy: In an extraordinary primary season, the candidates are chatting green building funds and cap-and-trade on the stump. Are policymakers listening?
In the Democratic debate held two weeks ago in Cleveland, OH, Senator Barack Obama was asked if the Nafta trade pact hasn’t been better for Ohio than he’s suggested. “I’m ...
March 13, 2008 by Andrew C. Burr / CoStar Group
CoStar Group

Not always as green as they claim: Companies, governments accused of exaggerating eco-friendliness
As interest in green issues reaches a white-hot pitch, government and industry are jumping on the sustainability bandwagon, touting "natural," "biodegradable" and "environment...
March 6, 2008 by Janis Mara, STAFF WRITER
Contra Costa Times

State seeks to focus on 'green' businesses
Arizona's economy once rested on the foundation of the five C's - copper, cotton, cattle, citrus and climate. Then came the sixth C - construction and other industries that bo...
March 2, 2008 by Ed Taylor, Tribune
East Valley Tribune

Maryland at forefront of green building legislation
Maryland is leading the green building revolution. With several municipalities, notably Baltimore City and Howard County, mandating all new commercial projects achieve certain...
March 1, 2008 by Andrew Cannarsa, The Examiner
Examiner.com

Proposed Standard for High-Performing Buildings Open for Public Review
Standard 189.1P’s Second Public Review ATLANTA – A proposed standard that will essentially define high-performing buildings in code-intended language is one step closer ...
February 28, 2008
ASHRAE Website

ASHRAE High-Performance Building Design Professional Certification Now Available
ATLANTA – ASHRAE’s new certification program provides the necessary training and tools for the design of high-performance buildings that live up to their performance capabilit...
February 26, 2008
ASHRAE Website

M Square in Surprise earns environmental platinum
Surprise is slated to be the home of Arizona's first commercial building with a platinum status in energy and environmental design. M Square, an office and retail project ...
February 22, 2008 by Christopher Ramirez
The Arizona Republic

Local, state officials foster energy-efficient building
In Arizona's slow real-estate market, some builders are finding that green sells, and government officials are trying to encourage that. State and federal governments, loca...
February 21, 2008 by Jan B. Jacobson
The Arizona Republic

Davis Center First Union in Nation to Receive LEED Gold Designation
The spectacular, four-story atrium in the Dudley H. Davis Center, the new student union that opened at the University of Vermont in August 2007, routinely elicits ooh's and ah...
February 21, 2008 by Jeffrey R. Wakefield
This Week@UVM

Big Solar Project Planned for Arizona Desert: $1 billion installation would use parabolic mirrors to generate power southwest of Phoenix
It's a big week for mirrors in the desert—with two big southwestern projects putting a spotlight on a form of big-scale solar energy that its most ardent advocates believe has...
February 21, 2008 by Marianne Lavelle
U.S. News & World Report

Green—Up to a Point: Despite their eco-rhetoric, some USCAP members are supporting efforts to undermine restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions
When 10 of the largest U.S. corporations and four environmental groups joined forces last January to lobby for federal regulations to restrict greenhouse-gas emissions, it was...
February 20, 2008 by Ben Elgin
BusinessWeek

L.A. ready to enact tighter green building standards: Proposed law would require large, privately built commercial and residential projects to use environmentally sound practices.
Los Angeles, known for its choking smog and fuel-burning gridlock, is poised to adopt one of the toughest green building ordinances in the nation. Two City Council committe...
February 16, 2008 by Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
The Los Angeles Times

Plastic milk jugs, blue jeans used in construction of 'zoo school': 2-level Conservation Learning Center dedication set Wed.
Folks generally visit Reid Park Zoo for the animals, but now they'll be able to walk away knowing much more about the environment, too. They'll learn things such as how th...
February 13, 2008 by RYN GARGULINSKI, Tucson Citizen
Tucson Citizen

/Wall Street Shows Skepticism Over Coal: Banks Push Utilities To Plan for Impact Of Emissions Caps
Three of Wall Street's biggest investment banks are set to announce today that they are imposing new environmental standards that will make it harder for companies to get fina...
February 4, 2008 by Jeffrey Ball
The Wall Street Journal

ASHRAE considering setting up new green building labelling system
Kent Peterson, president of the American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), gave a "State of the Society" address at the organization's ...
February 4, 2008
Canadian Consulting Engineer

California to Require Net-Zero-Energy Buildings
Every two years, the California Energy Commission (CEC) releases an Integrated Energy Policy Report in which it makes recommendations for energy policy in the state, including...
February 1, 2008 by Allyson Wendt
Building Green Website

Standards for High-Performance Building in the Works
In the not too distant future there could be two U.S. standards for green buildings. Later this spring, the American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engi...
January 31, 2008 by Joann Gonchar, AIA
Architectural Record

CoStar Green Report: The Big Skodowski - New Transwestern Sustainability Csar Al Skodowski Believes in the LEED-EB Program. Why Owners are Starting to Believe Too.
Al Skodowski is a big fan of LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB), the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) chief certification program for the nation's 60 billion or so squ...
January 30, 2008 by Andrew C. Burr
CoStar Group

IT going green: Every user to be part of move to green buildings
Last year, the world started to get serious about green IT. The main goal was making servers work harder using less energy, and many companies have made progress. But what ...
January 29, 2008 by Danny Bradbury
Financial Times

Intel powers up green electricity - Chip firm bets big on renewable energy
Intel has become the largest customer for 'green' electricity in the US after buying more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates. The certi...
January 28, 2008 by Iain Thomson, vnunet.com
vnunet.com

ProLogis Launches Pro-Green Initiative
DENVER-The recent decision of ProLogis to seek LEED certification from the US Green Building Council for all its new developments in this country moves the industrial property...
January 28, 2008 by Brian K. Miller
GlobeSt.com

‘Green’ Buildings Don’t Have to Be New
JUST about every month, a glitzy tower rises somewhere in the country, boasting the latest in “green” design and technology. To many people, that is an encouraging trend, espe...
January 27, 2008 by AMY CORTESE
The New York Times

Gilbert considers going green for newest high school
Gilbert’s fifth high school could come with synthetic grass on the football field, solar panels that operate ceiling fans in the dining pavilion and remote panels that show cu...
January 26, 2008 by Hayley Ringle, Tribune
East Valley Tribune

New NAU building earns 'greenest in state' distinction
A new building at Northern Arizona University has earned the distinction as being "greenest in the state" for being energy efficient and using sustainable materials. The U...
January 25, 2008 by Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic

Green NAU goes 'Platinum' with Applied Research and Development building
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (Jan. 24, 2008) -- Northern Arizona University is home to the greenest building in Arizona and one of the three greenest in the world after receiving a "Plati...
January 24, 2008
Northern Arizona University Website

CIA Goes Green: New Campus Helps LEED the Way
The CIA’s newest campus in Northern Virginia represents the Agency’s most ambitious effort to date to create a state-of-the-art work environment with a design that focuses on ...
January 24, 2008
CIA Website - Press Release

Going green can attract and keep employees
Say what you want about jet-setting, $100,000-a-speech Al Gore, his environmental message is hitting home - and work. Corporations and smaller workplaces are jumping aboard th...
January 19, 2008 by KIRA VERMOND, globecareers@globeandmail.com
The Globe and Mail

SCHOTT to Build Facility in New Mexico
SCHOTT Solar, Inc. and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson have announced that SCHOTT will construct a new solar energy technology production facility in the Mesa del Sol regi...
January 14, 2008
RenewableEnergyAccess.com

'Green' building policies crucial for reducing greenhouse gases
Despite all the public attention focusing on the harmful emissions that come from the automotive sector, the dirty little secret is that buildings are actually the biggest emi...
January 13, 2008 by Patricia Mayan and K.R. Sridhar
The Mercury News

‘Green’ bank opens in Adelanto
ADELANTO — The new Bank of America in Adelanto is the only one of it’s kind in the United States. It’s insulated with blue jeans — yes, blue jeans. And it’s being called t...
January 11, 2008 by RACHEL BYRD Staff Writer
Victorville Daily Press

Gilbert panel OKs 1st green building project
Gilbert is one step closer to having its first certified green building project. At its meeting Thursday, the town's Design Review Board voted to approve the site plan, bu...
January 11, 2008 by David van den Berg, The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic

Bank of America Opens First Banking Center Built to Meet Highest LEED Green Building Standards
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its $20 billion environmental commitment, Bank of America has opened one of the most environmentally-responsible bank branches ...
January 11, 2008
CNNMoney.com

US venture capitalists pour millions into green construction technology
With the zeal of the newly converted, America's residential construction industry is starting to go green. The attitude under the Bush Administration, which for years denie...
January 11, 2008 by John Sterlicchi, US correspondent, Guardian Unlimited
Guardian Unlimited

Nike's LEED-certified Northridge facility boasts skylights and heat reflecting roof
In a city full of warehouses, new ones usually don't attract much attention. That will change as the new Nike, Inc., distribution center in North Memphis nears completion. ...
January 11, 2008 by C. Richard Cotton, Memphis Business Journal
Memphis Business Journal

Planned Gilbert office complex seeking to be 'green'
A planned retail-office development in Gilbert is expected to seek green building certification. Glassrock Corporate Center, which will be at southwest corner of Recker an...
January 7, 2008 by David van den Berg, The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic

Cooking up a greener drywall: Sunnyvale’s Serious Materials is set to launch Ecorock Drywall in summer
The lab inside Serious Materials' Sunnyvale headquarters resembles a kitchen. There's a mixer, a milkshake-making machine and a row of cake tins on a shelf filled with brown p...
January 5, 2008 by Matt Nauman, Mercury News
San Jose Mercury News

City Resolves To Rebuild To Highest LEED Standard
The City Council of Greensburg, KS recently passed a resolution that it will certify all city owned buildings LEED Platinum. It is the first U.S. city to pass such a resolutio...
January 3, 2008
Today's Facility Manager

The Year's Top 10 Green Stories: LEED Exploded in Popularity, Major Cities Dropped the Green Hammer on Private Developers, and CBRE is Going Carbon Neutral. Which One was Most Influential? Find Out Who Took the Top Spot.
It was a good year to be Equity Office Properties, a better year to be Blackstone. It was not a good year to be Countrywide Home Loans. Grubb & Ellis, Archstone-Smith and Hilt...
January 2, 2008 by Andrew C. Burr / CoStar Group
CoStar Group

Chandler may reward those who build 'green'
Chandler residents want financial incentives for their "green" building projects and help in overcoming homeowners association rules that restrict them. The city is listeni...
January 1, 2008 by Edythe Jensen
The Arizona Republic