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Author: Shari Shapiro is an associate with Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel in Philadelphia.

Blawg Related Categories: Environmental Law • Government Law • Real Estate & Property Law • Associate

Recent Posts from Green Building Law

Treehugger Has Great Additional Thoughts On Waxman-Markey
The great people over at Treehugger had some great additional thoughts on Friday's Waxman-Markey post. Particularly interesting was Lloyd Alter's insight from his dealing with uniform building codes: When I practiced architecture, I had to…
Green Building Guide to Waxman-Markey
[Many thanks to Chris Cheatham for collaborating with me on this post] Today, the Waxman-Markey bill, otherwise known as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454) is set to be voted on in the House of…
Should the USGBC Force You To Eat Your [Organic] Vegetables?
According to the SF Examiner, LEED "now includes an energy reduction component called Sustainable Food." Building owners and managers can now gain credit towards LEED certification by using sustainably harvested foods certified by pre-approved organizations including…
Marsh Report On Assessing The Risks of Green Building
Marsh issued a report today on finding from a survey of 55 construction industry participants in different geographical locations on the risks associated with green building. The survey can be downloaded here. Some interesting findings:…
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. Now Do Something.
Yesterday, the Obama Administration released a study analyzing the potential impact of climate change in the United States. It read like the Ten Plagues at my family's annual seder: heavy downpours, rising temperature and sea…
Q & A In the Philadelphia Inquirer Today
Diane Mastrull, the Environmental Reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer did a Q & A today with me. Thanks Diane!
Aerated Concrete--Why You Can't Have a Bullet Proof Home in CA. An Illustritative Tale
Today on CNN.com, there was a little piece on the non-acceptance of aerated concrete material pursuant to the California Building Code. According to CNN: AAC is a mixture of sand, water, lime, portland cement and…
Green Building Law Blog On Top 50 Environmental Blogs
Green Building Law Blog was listed on the E-Justice blog as one of the 50 best environmental blogs! We appreciate the recognition!
Great Article By Green Real Estate Law Journal
Stephen Del Percio does a great job of analyzing the current state of green litigation, or lack thereof, in response to my piece on the same subject from last week on the Green Real Estate…
More On Whether Green Litigation Has Legs
My friend Chris Cheatham over at Green Building Law Update has an interesting followup piece to my piece from last week on Whither The Green Building Litigation. He also has a picture of pinnochio.