Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
In arguably the most important public policy development for smart growth this decade, California's governor Schwarzenegger has signed SB 375 (reported on by yours truly in July), a new law that will require land use planning to meet greenhouse-gas...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has released important new research detailing the benefits of smart growth on transportation emissions and air quality. In particular, the report reviews the effects on traffic and pollution that would occur if new growth and land development...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
If you know anyone who is still in denial that growth is real and that we had better get our act together quickly in figuring out how to live and develop sustainably, send them to Peter Russell's World Clock. The...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Neighborhoods can be cool in more ways than one. We are on the verge of a neat new technology that can identify the particular places within a metropolitan area that have the smallest global-warming footprint. In a previous entry...continued→
