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Your Cities, Yourselves Smart-growth advocates offer tips for changing your neck of the woods		16 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: advice, grassroots activism, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, urban planning (all these topics)

Urban Legends Smart(ish) Cities series ends, sustainability efforts march on	Lisa Selin Davis	16 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: environmental justice, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

Hulk smash ... inefficiency! Ed Norton goes to the Hill to talk up green building	Kate Sheppard	15 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, green building, politics (all these topics)

Shinier, Happier People How three Rust Belt cities are changing		15 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, New York, Pennsylvania, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, urban planning, Wisconsin (all these topics)

Those About to Rock Can Cleveland bring itself back from the brink?	Kristine Hansen	15 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, Ohio, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, urban planning (all these topics)

Outer Limits Sprawling Atlanta seeks new routes to the future	Robert DiGiacomo	14 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: Georgia, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

A Moment in the Sun How three Southeast cities are changing		14 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: climate, Florida, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, Tennessee, urban planning, Virginia (all these topics)

Dry, Dry Again How three Southwestern cities are changing		13 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, Nevada, New Mexico, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, Texas, urban planning (all these topics)

Hope for a Desert Delinquent What Phoenix, the poster child for environmental ills, is doing right	Lisa Selin Davis	13 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: Arizona, climate, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, urban planning (all these topics)

Urban Index Fast facts about cities, climate change, and sustainability		12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: climate, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, urban planning (all these topics)

How Smart Is Your City? An urban-dweller's pop quiz		12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, public lands, public transportation, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

What's a Sustainable City, Anyway? Green-city ranking group SustainLane explains its methodology	James Elsen	12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, placemaking, public lands, public transportation, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

Smart(ish) Cities A Grist special series on unexpected urban progress		12 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: green building, green living, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, sprawl, urban planning (all these topics)

The ghost of link dumps past	David Roberts	03 May 2008	Gristmill

Topics: coal, dumbassery, energy, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

Drawing on Experience Architect R.K. Stewart on building the future of sustainable design	Sarah van Schagen	25 Apr 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: art, climate, green building, interview, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

City of Angles If you're building in L.A., you gotta build green		23 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 9:36 AM on 23 Apr 2008 Los Angeles has become the biggest U.S. city to pass green-building laws. Under the regulations announced Tuesday, new commercial and residential structures of more than 50,000 square feet will have to be LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. The law also applies to major renovations. "We look toward the future through a greener lens," says Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, "a ...
Topics: green building, Los Angeles, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics)

Green buildings wise up Linking green buildings and the smart grid will spawn a green energy ecosystem	Patrick Mazza	14 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: electricity grid, energy, green building, placemaking (all these topics)

The technologies needed to beat 450 ppm, Part 1 Examining the IPCC's 'portfolio of technologies'	Joseph Romm	10 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: agriculture, business, carbon sequestration, climate, energy, green building, IPCC (all these topics)

DiCaprio's new digs Leo's new condo full of green amenities, paparazzi	Sarah van Schagen	08 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: celebrity, energy, green building, green living, movies, New York, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Building green, one city at a time Eager municipalities hopping on board	Katharine Wroth	02 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: green building, legislation, local politics, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics)

If It's Broke, Fix It EPA announces new lead standards for renovation of older buildings		31 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 3:04 PM on 31 Mar 2008 Contractors will have to train workers to follow "lead-safe work practice standards" when renovating or repairing older dwellings that house children or pregnant women, according to new standards introduced Monday by the U.S. EPA. The new requirements are an attempt to keep lead out of the bloodstreams of babes, as structures built before 1978 are likely to contain ...
Topics: green building, green living, health, news, placemaking, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Play Ball! Washington Nationals will play in first U.S. green-built stadium		28 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:00 PM on 28 Mar 2008 The Washington Nationals will play their baseball season opener Sunday in the first green-built professional stadium in the U.S. The LEED Silver certified ballpark was built on a restored brownfield, and many building materials were produced locally. The stadium boasts efficient lighting and plumbing, drought-resistant plants, a concession area with a green roof, filters to keep stormwat ...
Topics: green building, green living, news, placemaking, sports, Washington DC (all these topics)

Biloxi Clues A post-Katrina homebuilding project gives hope for weathering severe storms	Emily Gertz	20 Mar 2008	Grist Feature
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Mississippi on August 29, 2005, the storm's 125-mile-an-hour winds and 25-foot wall of seawater ground homes, boats, and businesses into matchsticks across the state's three coastal counties: Jackson, Hancock, and Harrison. The cities of Waveland and Bay St. Louis, roughly 20 miles east of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, were practical ...
Topics: Army Corps of Engineers, green building, Mississippi, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning (all these topics)

On the Ball: Good sports The athletics news you can't live without	Sarah K. Burkhalter	16 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: bikes, carbon neutral, cars, China, climate, energy, green building, Prius, sports, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics)

If you build it ... Green building may be quickest path to decreased emissions	Tia Ghose	14 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: climate, green building, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking (all these topics)

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