Category Archives: Environment
Suburbanization Worldwide
The USA Today, of all papers, has a good summary of worldwide suburbanization trends: Modern suburbia not just in America anymore
“Transport informatics”
This article is just amazing: cityofsound: Transport informatics And Jack, you’ll like that Boston is doing some cool stuff with biking. Bike network 2.0 Boston appointed a ‘bike czar’, Nicole Freedman, and her team has used Google Maps to create … Continue reading
Nukes!
Nuke Power: The Future Is Coming Up Nukes Nuclear power is the other alternative energy – cleaner than biomass, and less retarded than ethanol. Best slogan ever!
“Vaux-le-Vicomte in the DMZ”
Pruned: Vaux-le-Vicomte in the DMZ Has your village been flooded with landmines or is it now downwind from a nuclear meltdown? Don’t panic. Let’s garden! Fascinating.
The Shipping News
With rising concerns about carbon dioxide emissions, the first container ship assisted by a giant kite just set sail. However, the real news is that shipping companies are slowing down their boats: “We’ve saved so much fuel that we added … Continue reading
Reading The Economist
Note: This is based on the European January 19-25 edition. p.14 I was surprised to read: “It [America] has much to learn from Europe. Best of all, set a carbon tax, which is less susceptible to capture by business lobbies … Continue reading
Kim Stanley Robinson
BLDGBLOG has a really nice interview with Kim Stanley Robinson. A lot of the interview talks about utopian ideas and how he’s continually tried to rehabilitate them in his writing. Some early examples, and not mentioned in the interview, are … Continue reading
Mexico Emerges as a Leader on Climate Change
From Wired: Bali Meeting Ends; Mexico Emerges as a Leader on Climate Change. Cool!
This will happen someday.
EPA Pwned, SCOTUS Style
The Supreme Court rejected (5-4) all arguments by the Bush Administration’s bent EPA, which claimed it would not, should not, could not regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.