The momentum behind Biden s climate ambitions
Biden speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware on December 19, 2020.
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President-elect Joe Biden s picks for Cabinet and top White House jobs show he intends to be an aggressive and energetic general in the global battle against climate change. Folks, we re in a crisis, he said at the weekend, after a year of raging wildfires, flood and drought. Just like we need to be a unified nation to respond to Covid-19, we need a unified national response to climate change.
Updated: 4:29 PM CST December 23, 2020
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas President Trump recently signed an executive order to be sure that newly built federal buildings are beautiful, and listed the Corpus Christi Federal Courthouse as an example.
The order says that modern architecture of federal buildings, since the 1950s, has been unpopular with Americans.
The Guiding Principles of 1962 discouraged classical and other traditional designs known for their beauty, declaring instead that the government should use “contemporary” designs, the order said.
The order mentions modeling American buildings after those in ancient Athens and Rome, stating:
Notable Founding Fathers agreed with these assessments and attached great importance to Federal civic architecture. They wanted America’s public buildings to inspire the American people and encourage civic virtue. President George Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson consciously modeled the most import
AIA pledges to undo Trump s beautiful architecture order after he leaves
The American Institute of Architects says it unequivocally opposes new architecture rules signed by outgoing US president Donald Trump and vows to undo them as soon as his successor takes office.
Trump signed an executive order yesterday insisting all new federal government buildings must be considered beautiful and ideally be designed in the classical or traditional style. We look forward to working with president-elect Biden Communities should have the right and responsibility to decide for themselves what architectural design best fits their needs, said AIA CEO Robert Ivy. We look forward to working with president-elect Biden to ensure that, he added.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. Societies have long recognized the importance of beautiful public architecture. Ancient Greek and Roman public buildings were designed to be sturdy and useful, and also to beautify public spaces and inspire civic pride. Throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, public architecture continued to serve these purposes. The 1309 constitution of the City of Siena required that “[w]hoever rules the City must have the beauty of the City as his foremost preoccupation … because it must provide pride, honor, wealth, and growth to the Sienese citizens, as well as pleasure and happiness to visitors from abroad.” Three centuries later, the great British Architect Sir Christopher Wren declared that “public buildings [are] the ornament of a country. [Architecture] establishes a Nation, draws people and commerce, makes the peo
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Monday, December 21, 2020
AND WE RE BACK!!!
Sorry, we re exceptionally late with this compilation because we were busy making bets & IOUs with that stimulus check that s on the way.
Nevertheless, we present this collection of pop culture, community news and top headlines for right now.
Beyond The Numbers
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) Monday marks the Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year. For 173 families in Kansas City, their longest night was when they found out their loved one had been killed in a homicide.
All About The Vaxx
Hospitals across the Kansas City area have started vaccinating frontline health care workers against COVID-19. Public health officials have said a widely available vaccine will ultimately control the pandemic that has killed more than 7,000 people across Kansas and Missouri.