Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Our nation's metro regions need stronger tools to address transportation and land use issues. I haven't turned to the issue of metropolitan regionalism in a while (last time was in April), but a new column by Bill Hudnut on Citiwire...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The Center for Neighborhood Technology is releasing today a new series of GIS-based maps showing where carbon emissions from driving are the highest in the nation's metro areas. The maps demonstrate vividly that, although emissions on a...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Most of us love to gripe about development, traffic, and sprawl, and some of us even love to complain about the development activities of nearby churches and schools. But what if the same folks who complain had to confront a specified influx of...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Cities are traditionally blue, rural areas red, and suburbs purple, says Bill Dodge, former executive director of the National Association of Regional Councils, on Citiwire. But that doesn't mean that they shouldn't or can't cooperate, and Dodge believes the...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
As I've been writing, two weeks ago California governor Schwarzenegger signed landmark legislation to reduce global warming emissions through smarter regional planning and development. This is exciting news for everyone interested in building better communities and more sensible patterns...continued→
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Last week my NRDC colleague Josh Mogerman wrote a rave review of the City of Chicago's new climate action plan. Given the plan's apparent emphasis on efficient transportation, green building, and renewables, he won't get any argument from me....continued→
