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7 Oct 2014
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I was shocked to read in the Washington Post last week that roughly …
Posts with the Advocacy and policy tag
D.C. joins exclusive ‘LEED 100 Million Club’
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30 Sep 2014
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We have reached a new era in the history of green building with Mayor Vi…
Talk the talk, march the march, 400K strong
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30 Sep 2014
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“This is what democracy looks like.”
Last Sunday, I had the privilege of joining the Urban Green Council and over 400,000 other concerned global citizens, including celebs li…
People’s Climate March in New York reflects new environmentalism
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26 Sep 2014
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This time it was personal. Marching down Central Park West with my daughter and 300,000 other people passionate about the health of our planet, I felt at home, and in a way I was.
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An evening with the stars at the Alliance to Save Energy’s annual awards event
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26 Sep 2014
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Like you, I’m sure, I am a big fan of energy efficiency. In my fre…
Thank you, Mr. President, for taking a bold step on climate change; Congress, feel free to join in
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25 Sep 2014
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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called international leaders to Climate Summit 2014 being held this week to galvanize and catalyze climate action. He has given these leaders …
Three building code questions you should be asking
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2 Sep 2014
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The phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover” is often applied to judgments of people — and to buildings, too. read more
“Four More Years!” State policymakers rack up wins for green building
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29 Aug 2014
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Last week, the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) gathered for their largest ever policy summit. The issues discussed varied from clean power plan implementation to…
10 super rad LEED public projects
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28 Aug 2014
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Have you ever pulled into a train station and felt like you had really a…
USGBC supports key resilience legislation with the new PREPARE Act
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1 Aug 2014
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Today, I joined Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA) in a press conference call he hosted to introduce his new bipartisan legislation, the PREPARE Act (Preparedness and Risk management for …