Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Both Transform and the Urban Land Institute have recently released reports that look at the Bay Area from a perspective NRDC has been pushing in the public arena for some time: “location efficiency.” Just as appliances can be more or...continued→
Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Last week, we here at NRDC released our fourth annual rankings of “smarter cities” across the US. What are smarter cities? Well, I’ll let the website speak for itself: When thinking about the urban environment, more often than not problems...continued→
Posted by Justin Horner in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
NRDC’s Smart Growth Director, Kaid Benfield, first drew my attention to these fascinating new maps from Chicago’s Center for Neighborhood Technology. For dozens of American metropolitan areas, they’ve compiled census-block-by-census-block data on where CO2 emissions from driving are the highest....continued→
Posted by Justin Horner in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
As I’ve posted repeatedly, for almost a year-and-a-half, Americans generally, and Californians in particular, have been driving less. This is a really big deal: there have been times where the rate of growth has been faster or slower, but there...continued→
Posted by Justin Horner in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The more you learn about public transit, the happier about it you get. As I’ve written earlier, transit is essential to create more livable communities and to cut down on global warming pollution. Now, apparently, it’s also good for your...continued→
Posted by Justin Horner in Moving Beyond Oil
If you hear about Oakland at all, the news isn’t always good. Like many cities throughout America, we’re struggling with a depressed economy, crime, and poor schools. We have a football team that doesn’t always reflect the best in us,...continued→
Posted by Justin Horner in Moving Beyond Oil
The Summer of Love, the Winter of Love, the Grateful Dead, Barry Bonds, the Golden Gate Bridge, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, The Gap, sourdough bread—all of these remarkable things have roots in San Francisco, a city known to embrace challenges...continued→
