Climate change and real estate

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  • 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..."


      "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?'

       "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..."

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