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CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Renzo Piano demonstrates a mastery of light throughout his work. At the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, he exhibits the same care lighting a museum of the natural world as he has in lighting some of the world's finest art collections.
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Although the last two decades have seen Vancouver, Canada, grab more attention for its elegant forest of tall, slender, glassy condominium towers, the city's smaller neighbor, Victoria, is making some waves of its own. The comparatively sleepy British Columbia capital, with a population of just under 80,000, is home to one of the most ambitious sustainable development projects undertaken in Canada.
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More Environment US Environmental Protection Agency Faces Eleventh-Hour Shake-Up — Nature, 2008.1219E.P.A. Ruling Could Speed Up Approval of Coal Plants — New York Times, 2008.1219 Sea Champion Picked for Ocean, Air Agency — New York Times, 2008.1218 A Strong Voice on CO2 as Science Adviser — New York Times, 2008.1218 Florida Water Board, Voting 4 to 3, Approves U.S. Sugar Deal in the Everglades — New York Times, 2008.1217 The Secretary of Agriculture's Climate Challenge — New York Times, 2008.1217 Forecast 2030: Oil Use Flat, Hybrids Ascendant — New York Times, 2008.1217 Environmentalists Wary of Obama's Interior Pick — New York Times, 2008.1217 Sucking Carbon Out of the Air — Nature, 2008.1217 Drinking Water Contamination Mapped — Nature, 2008.1217 Sustainability Already High on GSA Priority List — NewsLI, 2008.1216 Australia Unveils Targets to Cut Pollution — New York Times, 2008.1216 Diesel, Made Simply from Coffee Grounds (Ah, the Exhaust Aroma) — New York Times, 2008.1216 Report Finds Meddling in Interior Dept. Actions — New York Times, 2008.1216 Obama's Green Team — The Nation, 2008.1216 Warming: Pollution or Technology Problem? — New York Times, 2008.1215 Up on the Roof, New Jobs in Solar Power — New York Times, 2008.1214 Thinning Out — Nature, 2008.1211 Nobel Prize Winner to Head Department of Energy — Physics Todat, 2008.1211 Eco-Laboratory Concept Living Building — Jetson Green, 2008.1211 Obama Team Set on Environment — New York Times, 2008.1211 Duke Energy to Rent Rooftops — New York Times, 2008.1211 States May Be Nudged Toward ‘Decoupling’ with Federal Efficiency Funds — New York Times, 2008.1211 Forecasting the Future of Hurricanes — Nature, 2008.1211 Cut-Price Forth Crossing Outlined — BBC News, 2008.1210 Soil and Greenery Vs. Clay for Landfill Caps — New York Times, 2008.1210 Consumers Want, and Are Skeptical about, Eco-Electronics — New York Times, 2008.1210 Obama Taps LA Official as Environment Council Head — Reuters, 2008.1210 Scottish Climate Bill Could Set Global Example — WWF, 2008.1209
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