There are a lot of ways you can throw the blame after the horrible death of a comprehensive climate change and clean energy bill, and the seeming death of a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES). You can blame: the Republican party…
Report: Serious Health Risks from Eating Imported Catfish
What do you know about the fish you eat? I don’t keep up with fish news that much, since I don’t eat fish, myself, but an issue I am increasingly hearing about is that fish pumped with too many antibiotics…
How to Plan for Innovative City Parks
I’ve written about parks on Green Living Ideas before, since parks are a key feature of the city that help to keep people living in a much more energy efficient urban environment. Plus, “green living” and “parks” just seem to go…
Largest State in India Bans Plastic Bags
India’s largest state, Rajasthan, has become the latest place to completely ban plastic bags. The ban has been put in place due to “both the short-term and long-term environmental hazards” of plastic bags. Some of the main reasons for the…
Can a Renewable Energy Standard Come Back from the Dead?
I just wrote about the struggles of getting a Republican to support anything regarding clean energy in my post on PACE’s chances of getting into the upcoming energy bill. So, I won’t write at length about that again. But there’s still…
Could PACE Get Help from the Energy Bill?
It is really quite sad what Republicans have done to the Senate and what they are doing to the country and the world as a result. Even conservatives Dick Schmalensee, who served on President George H.W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers,…
Mixed-Use Downtown Development Creates the Most Tax Revenue
With a much smaller carbon footprint and much more economic bang for its buck, mixed-use downtown development seems like a win-win development option for cities and counties. Localities across the country, due to the economic problems of the past few…
10 Million Solar Roofs Bill Moves Forward
If you haven’t heard by now, the U.S. Senate Energy Committee advanced a big piece of solar energy legislation last week (prior to the killing of the climate and clean energy bill). Vermont senator and Green Jobs Committee chairman Bernie Sanders…
The Mercury Train: The Concorde of High Speed Rail [Video]
Let’s say you’re a leading design firm like Priestmangoode, for example, and you’re trying to get high-speed rail lines built across the UK. What’s the most effective way to sway public opinion and influence leaders? When you’ve got something as cool to…
U.S. Mayors: High-Speed Rail Would Bring Billions of Dollars to Cities
Want to create billions of dollars in new business and thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of new jobs? Build high-speed rail in your region. Since President Obama announced earlier this year that the federal government was investing $8 billion in…