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Stay up to date with the latest news about the green building movement in New York City and beyond through this listing of articles from the last two months, which is updated weekly. To view earlier articles, please visit our 2008 News Archive and our 2007 News Archive.

April

Reinventing America's Cities: The Time is Now, NYTimes.com
U.S. Green Bank Proposed to Finance Clean Energy and Efficiency Projects, GreenerBuildings.com
Rainforests May Pump Winds Worldwide, New Scientist.com
Empire State Building Goes Green: Major Energy Efficiency Improvement Retrofit Announced, Treehugger.com
Solution of the Month: Going Local, Greensource.Construction.com
Stimulus, Coming to a Street Near You, Blog.ArchPaper.com

March

S&P Launch Low-Carbon Index, FT.com
Top Ten Myths About Sustainability, ScientificAmerican.com
New York City Joins Earth Hour 2009, EarthHourUS.org
R House by ARO/Della Valle Bernheimer, WallPaper.com
A Man, A Plan, and the Dawn of America's Solar Future, OnEarth.org
NYSDOR, NYSERDA Fund Projects to Reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled and Greenhouse Gases, MetroGreenBusiness.org
Economy vs. Environment, NewYorker.com
Bringing Green Design to the Mainstream, GreenBiz.com
Study: City-dwellers emit less CO2 than countryfolk, Reuters.com

February

Historic Structure Uses State of the Art Power, NY1.com
USGBC New York's Discussion on Sustainable Design in Universities, GreenBuildingsNYC.com
Strawbale Construction: Green Building Naturally, LowImpactLiving.com
BIM: Building Information Model - Standards for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Markets, GIM-International
Learn about the unknown hazards around you - the toxins you be breathing, PlanetHazard.com
Burn Baby Burn: The contraversial third option after landfills and recycling, News.BBC.co.uk
A Big Green Cheer for the Stimulus Bill, Salon.com
400 Miles North, NYTimes.com
Book in Brief: On Green Living, VerdantMag.com
Legislating Green Communities, GreenSource.com
Skill Shortage Poses "Enron Risk" for Carbon Markets, ENN Magazine.com
The "Unnaturalism" of Human Habitat, Treehugger.com

January

Design Loves a Depression, NYTimes.com
Now China is Growing Slower, Can it Grow Cleaner?, ENN.com
Aftermath of the TVA Coal Ash Spill Video, Treehugger.com
The Year in Architecture: When Environmentalism Finally Became Cool, TNR.com
Revealed: The Cement that Eats Carbon, Guardian.co.uk
Greening the Ghetto: Can a Remedy Serve for Both Global Warming and Poverty?, New Yorker
Obama's Plan: Clean Energy Will Help Drive a Recovery, Yale Environment 360
'Green' Guilding is Bright and Beautiful: Genzyme Center wins Annual Parker Medal, Boston.com
New Life for Old Buildings: Adaptive Reuse, GreenBiz.com
Green Buildings and the Obama Effect, Jetson Green.com
There's Still Time for the Stimulus Bill to Get Rail and Roads Right, CNU.com
Number of LEED Green Building Projects Doubled in 2008, BDCNetwork.com

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