BP Exec Finally Arrested
This week, the first BP engineer was hauled into court to face criminal charges. Finally, right?
According to MSNBC, Kurt Mix was arrested on Tuesday. He’s charged with obstruction of justice, since he intentionally deleted 200 text messages that proved the oil leaking out of the well was drastically higher than what BP was saying, officially. [...]
American Wind Grows Again
The U.S. Wind Energy 2011 Annual Report came out this week, with great news for the renewable energy sector. The United States added 6.8 Gigawatts of wind power in 2011, which is double-digit growth in spite of the tepid economy.
Another piece of great news are the jobs that are being created in this sector. Wind [...]
Could You Get By Without Garbage Pickup?
Could you make it if your city stopped picking up your garbage every week?
Many people would be appalled at the thought of going to bi-monthly trash pickup. But this is a question the city of Seattle is considering, at least theoretically.
According to MSN, the city, which is will known to be progressive when it comes [...]
How Our Neighborhoods are Evolving
I read an interesting article today on the NRCD’s Switchboard blog, about how the Recession has actually been helpful for the environment in many respects. We’ve curtailed wasteful spending (aka consuming so many goods), and we’re driving less.
The Recession has also helped push cities and neighborhoods into becoming more sustainable. For instance, since 2008, the environmentally [...]
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