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Article: Greening the White House' redux.(Editorial)
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- Building Design & Construction
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- November 1, 2003
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Ten years ago, on April 21, 1993, President Clinton picked Earth Day to announce that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue would soon be transformed into "a model for [energy] efficiency and waste reduction." The Greening of the White House is now recognized as one of the signal events in the history of the sustainability movement. The current occupant of the Presidential mansion should use Earth Day 2004 to make an even more dramatic announcement.
Next April 22nd, it would behoove the President to tell the world that he will sponsor a White House Summit on Green Building before the election.
Sounds absurd, doesn't it? George W. Bush, second-generation oilman, ...