Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
The more the merrier, and one only wonders what took them so long. Back in March, the Obama administration announced an exciting new partnership between the federal transportation and housing & urban development departments to pursue together an agenda for...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
I'm biased, because he is a longtime professional friend, but I think the Obama administration made a great choice in appointing the University of Maryland's John Frece as the new head of the US EPA's Smart Growth Office. For the past few years,...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably
I just read a terrific new report on green buildings developed by EPA's Midwestern (Chicago) region office. Titled Removing Market Barriers to Green Development, the report thoroughly documents the state of green building practice in the US today and...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Solving Global Warming
From today's Washington Post:"He [Former EPA official Jason Burnett] told the panel that senior EPA officials met with representatives from Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute, and the National Petrochemicals and Refiners Association, who argued that Bush should not undermine...continued→
