January 2009
35 posts
The Societal Schism Between Poverty and... →
LimeWire Creator Brings Open-Source Approach to... →
News Analysis - Signals of Broader Federal Role... →
Social Technologies and the Environment: Has Big... →
A mass transit dilemma: Ridership up, funds down →
Goodbye, icons; hello, infrastructure: Obama... →
Coal Industry Expects Goodies From Congress, Too →
It’s stories like these that ensure me that West Virginia’s economy has absolutely no hope for the foreseeable future.
High-Speed Trains Return to U.S. Fast Track →
Economic crisis hits city recycling →
Falling demand for recycled materials has caused a sudden collapse in scrap prices.
Future of Housing: Toward the Open Source Home →
How modular DIY designs will bury the McMansion and usher in a new era of sustainable housing.
“The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones.”
– Sheikh Yamani, former OPEC oil minister
There’s Still Time for the Stimulus Bill to Get... →
Not all DC suburbs are created equally, and the stimulus bill should take that into account.
Old Town Alexandria and Franconia are both served by the blue line of Washington DC’s Metro rail, but the Brookings/CNT map at htaindex.cnt.org shows that the average household near the rail line in Franconia drives 70% more than households near the rail line in Old Town with its compact, walkable...
“I end up not buying a lot of things because I find them ridiculous.”
– Steve Jobs
Japan’s Outcasts Still Wait for Acceptance →
Balanced Score Card For Alternative Transportation... →
As Europe Fiddles, U.S. May Take Lead on Climate... →
For Pittsburgh, There’s Life After Steel →
One Woman’s Confession: I HATE SUBURBIA (Sep,... →
‘Generation E’ — Innovating, Motivating →
I’ve gotten to know a heap of young people of late — people I call “Generation E” — who are working on every facet of the climate-energy challenge. Some are trying to spread awareness of climate science and its implications. Others are working on ways to cut the human impact on the environment as inventors or entrepreneurs.
Can Businesses Do Well and Do Good? →
Can America Clean Up from Its Worst Environmental... →
With the breaking of a coal waste dam in Tennessee, environmental and human health is threatened by millions of pounds of toxic chemicals.
Car-free? In Japan, that's how a generation rolls... →
This could help explain how I came to hate cars.
The 'McMansion' trend in housing is slowing –... →
Positive Energy sheds light on home energy →
One Big Crisis – Alex Steffen says solving our... →
We are at a moment unique in human history, when we are using the planet’s bio-capacity so quickly that we risk a catastrophic collision with ecological reality. Every creature and every biological system on Earth is now dependent, intentionally or unintentionally, on our management. We’ve never been in the position of managing the planet before and we have no idea how to do it.
Why “Clean Coal” Isn’t – The coal industry’s PR... →
My company gets some press.
Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and... →
Every billion dollars invested in wind farms creates some 3,350 jobs—nearly four times the 870 jobs created with a similar investment in coal-fired power plants.
Why West Virginia is suffering an intellectual...
Going back home to visit my family for the holidays is always a mixed bag. On the one hand, I get to see my family, how my nephews are growing up, and how my father and I can have halfway intelligent conversations without ending up in odds with one another. On the other hand, every one of my friends has left. The few people that did manage to find work in the area are underemployed, have kids, or...
Music sales up 10% in 2008, thanks to downloads... →
New York, New York: America’s Resilient City →
However, New York managed to come roaring back, while other cities have just continued to fall. The secret of New York’s post-1970 reinvention was that smart people, who knew each other and learned from each, innovated in ways that made billions in financial services. The same density that once served to get hogsheads onto clipper ships served to spread ideas.
What does this mean for the...