[Durham INC] Fwd: Green buildings: our second chance

[Josie McNeil]

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From: Elizabeth Ouzts, Environment North Carolina Director <
action at environmentnorthcarolina.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Subject: Green buildings: our second chance
To: Josie McNeil <riojosie at gmail.com>


   <http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org/action/our-second-chance?id4=ES>

Hi Josie,

Last month, North Carolina's little-known building code council was poised
to take a critical step forward for green buildings and reduced global
warming pollution.

*And then they didn't. At the last minute, a few powerful developers weighed
in, and the proposal was defeated by a vote of 8 to 6.*

There's still time, though, for Gov. Bev Perdue to correct the council's
mistake and enact standards that would make new homes and businesses 30
percent more energy efficient.

*Click here, and ask the governor to make sure North Carolina's new
buildings are green.<http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org/action/our-second-chance?id4=ES>
*

For a year, the NC Building Code Council has contemplated a proposal to make
new buildings greener starting in 2012, reducing the state's energy
consumption and cutting pollution. Officials also estimate it will save
consumers $250 each year. [1]

The plan was on the track to approval, and would have made North Carolina a
leader in the path toward greener building codes.

Next week, when the council convenes again, we need to make sure Gov. Perdue
weighs in.

*Click the link below to e-mail the governor and ask her to make North
Carolina's buildings greener.*

*http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org/action/our-second-chance?id4=ES*

Then, ask your family and friends to do the same.

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Ouzts
Environment North Carolina Director
http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org

P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail
with your family and friends.

[1]
http://www.environmentnorthcarolina.org/newsroom/energy/energy-program-news/state-council-punts-on-proposal-to-cut-pollution-and-save-consumers-money
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