Frustrated by Bush administration inaction on global warming, states and environmentalists urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to declare greenhouse gases to be air pollutants that the government must regulate. The court’s first case on the politically charged topic showed an apparent split between its liberal and conservative justices, with Anthony Kennedy potentially the decisive vote [...]
When the American architect Richard Meier was asked to design a church in Rome to commemorate the 2,000th anniversary of Christianity, he offered an imposing white concrete structure dominated by three soaring “sails.” Richard Meier-designed church in Rome that ‘eats’ smog. Photo courtesy New York Times. (Click to enlarge)The project’s main technical sponsor got to [...]
Why are citizens of the City of Light so intent on finding space for parks and gardens, for street trees and nature strips? For that matter, why would any city go to the bother and expense of growing green space in the stone and steel of an urban environment? At a time when half the [...]
Kia Sandstorm (click to enlarge)Designers on the road to the future in this year’s rendition of the Design Challenge, a shoot-out of car concepts submitted by local satellite design studios at the Los Angeles auto show, includes visions of a green Hummer — just as the Governator has promised — a wooden Mercedes and self-fabricating [...]
From New York magazine: The next time you’re in Central Park, go up to Harlem Meer on the north end, then wander westward on the pathway into the heart of the park. After the first sharp turn, look off to the west and you’ll see a thick stand of ash, its rough bark set off [...]
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