Chair, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Steering Committee
Green Building consultant and Chair of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Steering Committee, a rating system, created by the US Green Building Council to rate energy efficiency in buildings
Carbon Tax Bill Would Charge McMansions for Global Warming For several years the battle to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases has focused on the automobile. Hummers became public enemies and the Prius was suddenly chic. Now, Washington has found a new villain in the fight against global warming—American homes.
No end in sight More than 800,000 federal employees continue to go without pay in what could soon be the longest government shutdown yet.
One year later, the threat of more mudslides still exists One year ago, torrential rain pelted the hillside community of Montecito, which was scorched a month earlier by the Thomas Fire. It unleashed a flow of mud and boulders the size of cars and killed 23 people.