By Jane Margolies
The New York Times
Spying an empty spot in a parking lot, a driver flicks on the turn signal and steers the car into the space. This little maneuver happens so often across the country that it’s done almost without a second thought.
But now, the humble parking spot is su...
Why demolish instead of deconstruct?
Expert says more demand for salvaged materials is needed
By Lisa Prevost
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As the green building movement evolves beyond energy efficiency into new areas of sustainability, one promising effort focuses on finding new life for used build...
State wants to reduce emissions from homes, businesses
By Ivan Penn
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California has led the nation in fighting climate change by encouraging the use of renewable energy and electric cars. Now the state is taking on an even harder challenge — reducing emissi...
By Auden Schendler and Ted White
Writers on the Range
Thirteen-year-olds can AirDrop Simpsons memes from across the room, and artificial intelligence made chess masters like Garry Kasparov obsolete. But for all our technological advances, at home, we’re still cavemen.
Just as earl...
Office buildings decrease environmental impact, give back to the planet By Jane Margolies, © The New York Times Co., from The Denver Post eEdition, July 19, 2020
For a couple of decades, many in the real estate industry have been trying to make buildings “green,” replacing conventionally made ...
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A broken water main spilled 20 million gallons of water onto the streets near the University of California, Los Angeles, Tuesday. To put that into perspective, here are some other things the water could have been used for:
20 million gallo...
Apple’s brick-and-mortar stores in the United States and around the world will celebrate the upcoming Earth Day next Tuesday, April 22. According to a new report Thursday, Apple’s Cupertino, California campus will also join the celebration with a major internal event on April 22 focused on 2014 Eart...
Last spring, we explored the fascinating work of Ecovative Design, an upstate New York company that was expanding from using fungi as the basis for greener-than-plastics shipping materials into the building insulation realm.
That’s right, insulation made from mushrooms.
At the time, the company wa...
When one decides to buy a condominium unit, a townhouse or a house, one is most likely to confront several claims about the environmental features of the project. Most developers and contractors will try to entice you to buy their products because they help you live a better life and they help save ...
Hundreds gathered Thursday for the official ribbon cutting on Portland’s newest, old federal building, the Edith Green-Wendall Wyatt.
“I love the building. I've loved it since I first learned about it in November,” said Dorothy Robyn, Commissioner of the U.S. General Services Administration’s Publi...
Green Lifestyle Choices Don't Change the Systems That Make Fossil Fuels Attractive
Which is why we need a structural solution, like a carbon tax.
by MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER
Fossil fuels don't care which brand of paper towel you use. They don't care whether you put bamboo flooring in your kitchen, or ...
A hilltop site once famous for brewing Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, was named one of the greenest neighborhoods in the world Tuesday.
The redevelopment project at the former Pabst Brewing Company known asThe Brewery won the highest designation for sustainable development practices from the ...
