Scott Horst

Chair, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Steering Committee

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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

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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.

Carbon Tax Bill Would Charge McMansions for Global Warming

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