Done and done!

We have to start weaning kids off oxygen sooner or later anyway.

Seattle loves our Mayor and I've already voted Yes for R-52.

Great article!

@4, meds can be adjusted, you know, and so subtly that there's little risk you'll veer so far in the other direction you end up like Will.

Thanks, gg. Another day, another convert.

Brains.

Hear, hear. My senior year of high school was full of great memories (mostly, "Hell yeah, I'm almost out of this place!"), but marred by 1) lead in the pipes (they gave us water coolers), 2) black mold in the ceilings, and 3) the creek flooding most of the first floor (actually, that one was kind of fun).

mayor mcginn,

if you are really interested in making healthy and extremely energy efficient schools, please push for passive house standards to be implemented.

otherwise, there's no point and it's a ginormous waste of time and money.

@8, you are wrong. Tightening building standards for new construction is great, but doesn't achieve anything near what is necessary, simply due to the fact that the vast majority of energy use occurs in buildings THAT ALREADY EXIST. Retrofitting them can make a tremendous difference, and if structured correctly, can be paid for from the savings - thus requiring no additional long term outlay at all, and potentially actually saving money. Unless you're suggesting that schools should be rebuilt to be passive, in which case your grasp of "ginormous waste of time and money" is questionable.