Climate change and real estate

• Here's a Realtor who's making a gigantic step to help fight climate change (if only I could do what she's doing. My bag weighs little less than 10 lbs.) : Al Gore's choice Realtor

       "Every Friday in Palo Alto, local real estate agents drive around to see the new homes on the market. Karen Amon is no longer among them..."

• Here's a good one:  If your home is more than 3,000 sq. ft. watch out, your mortgage interest deductions could be history:  McMansions and Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.)

      "Calling homes of that size "McMansions," Rep. John D. Dingell (D-Mich.), the 15-term veteran at the helm of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is now drafting "carbon tax" legislation that would deny owners their mortgage writeoffs..."

What's a mortgage interest deduction anyways?: NY Times 'Who needs the mortgage-interest deduction?'

• Improved land use can mitigate climate change,book says: Realty Times Article about improving land use and climate change

       "Growing Cooler: The Evidence on Urban Development and Climate Change, published by the Urban Land Institute, is a comprehensive review of dozens of studies in which the researchers conclude that urban development is both a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in combating global warming..."