• Debunking five half truths about recycling.
• Green building is the state of the art.
• Cheap green: home rating systems.
• Report: grid overhaul needed to handle solar/wind power.
• Man-made energy island conceived to supply green energy.
• Costco aggressively pursues options to reduce impact.
• LEED for Existing Buildings helps owners compete in tough market.
• President-Elect Obama looks to establish Office of Urban Policy.
• Many consider benefits of taking the LEED.

Blogs worth reading: Remodelista + Real Life LEED.

• Change?  Start by building greener.
• Utilities putting new energy into geothermal sources.
• Green plans in the blueprints for large retailers.
• Homebuilders are getting "green" religion.
• DOE reaches 50% milestone toward zero-energy buildings.
• It isn’t easy being green, but it doesn’t have to be ugly.
• Icelandic lesson: get 82% of energy from geothermal and hydro.

Blogs worth reading: Design Milk & Marc Gunther.

• Public-interest architecture. 
• The great green swindle and greenwash. 
• How sustainability will outlive the slowdown.
• Consumers don’t know that homes produce GHG.
• Campuses find going green can be tough.
• Federal green building goals appear out of reach.
• Pavement that’s porous gains in popularity.
• Promise v. performance: a deeper shade of green.

Blogs worth reading: CleanTechnica and BUILD Blog.

• What does a living building cost?
• Goodbye, Starchitects … Hello, Climate Engineers.
• Survey: Green construction helps sell houses in down economy.
• Think green before construction starts. 
• FTC could begin going after companies’ false green ad claims.
• As fuel prices fall, will push for alternatives lose steam?
• California homeowner sues association over solar restrictions.
• Defense Dept. must use sustainable design in construction.
• Reuse to surpass demolition waste in construction industry.

Blogs worth reading: GrassrootsModern & Joel Makower.

• Why can’t we build an affordable house?
• Thom Mayne warns Dubai is set for "ecological disaster." 
• In Dubai, raw sewage is flowing into sea near beaches.
• Green homes: building on eco-friendly solutions.
• A dozen PNC Bank branches earn LEED certification.
• Scientists seek a more sustainable model for growth.
• On the path to passive survivability. 

Blogs worth reading: Green Your and Matter Network.