Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally

Home › Contributors › Kaid Benfield › Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally Kaid Benfield’s Blog Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally Kaid Benfield Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington, DC Blog | About Posted May 12, 2010 in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming Yesterday the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program released its signature report, The State of Metropolitan America .

Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally

Home › Contributors › Kaid Benfield › Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally Kaid Benfield’s Blog Metro area commuting data from Brookings: best and worst performers nationally Kaid Benfield Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington, DC Blog | About Posted May 12, 2010 in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming Yesterday the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program released its signature report, The State of Metropolitan America .

EPA Climate Change Indicators Report Shows the Evidence of Global Warming All Around Us

Home › Contributors › Dan Lashof › EPA Climate Change Indicators Report Shows the Evidence of Global Warming All Around Us Dan Lashof’s Blog EPA Climate Change Indicators Report Shows the Evidence of Global Warming All Around Us Dan Lashof Director, Climate Center, Washington, D.C. Blog | About Posted April 27, 2010 in Solving Global Warming EPA released an achingly beautiful report today compiling 24 indicators of climate change. Starting with basic data on emissions and the rising concentration of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere the report covers changes in the air, water, land, and ice that define our environment and that of all other living things.

The nations of North America, revisited and considered

Home › Contributors › Kaid Benfield › The nations of North America, revisited and considered Kaid Benfield’s Blog The nations of North America, revisited and considered Kaid Benfield Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington, DC Blog | About Posted April 5, 2010 in Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy Writing on his blog PeteSearch , Pete Warden has performed a very interesting geographic agglomeration of Facebook relationships and affiliations, in the US and across the world.

The nations of North America, revisited and considered

Home › Contributors › Kaid Benfield › The nations of North America, revisited and considered Kaid Benfield’s Blog The nations of North America, revisited and considered Kaid Benfield Director, Smart Growth Program, Washington, DC Blog | About Posted April 5, 2010 in Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy Writing on his blog PeteSearch , Pete Warden has performed a very interesting geographic agglomeration of Facebook relationships and affiliations, in the US and across the world.

The iPad, internet, climate change link in the spotlight

International — On the eve of the launch of the iPad, our latest report warns that the growth of internet computing could come with a huge jump in greenhouse gas emissions. We follow the data streams back to the data centers providing a cautionary tale about how the boom could see internet servers become a major cause of climate change. But it doesn’t have to be that way: The great innovators of the digital age can and should be leaders in promoting an energy revolution

The iPad, internet, climate change link in the spotlight

International — On the eve of the launch of the iPad, our latest report warns that the growth of internet computing could come with a huge jump in greenhouse gas emissions.

Protecting Children from Pesticides: The EPA Needs to Get Back to Work

Home › Contributors › Gina Solomon › Protecting Children from Pesticides: The EPA Needs to Get Back to Work Gina Solomon’s Blog Protecting Children from Pesticides: The EPA Needs to Get Back to Work Gina Solomon Senior Scientist, San Francisco Blog | About Posted March 24, 2010 in Health and the Environment Last week, the Senate held a hearing on children’s environmental health, and I was invited to testify. At the same time, the Government Accountability Office released a report concluding that the EPA is not doing enough to protect children’s health. I focused part of my testimony on pesticides, since EPA is required by law to protect children from pesticide residues

EPA Flea & Tick Safety Announcement Improves Labels, But Are the Products Safe?

Home › Contributors › Miriam Rotkin-Ellman › EPA Flea & Tick Safety Announcement Improves Labels, But Are the Products Safe? Miriam Rotkin-Ellman’s Blog EPA Flea & Tick Safety Announcement Improves Labels, But Are the Products Safe? Miriam Rotkin-Ellman Scientist, San Francisco Blog | About Posted March 18, 2010 in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably Yesterday, EPA released the results of its assessment of chemical spot-on flea & tick treatments, following the recent sharp increase in reported pet poisonings.

Facebook status update: Renewable energy now

International — Facebook, one of the fastest growing destinations on the web, recently announced its plan to build a massive data center in Prineville, Oregon. Unfortunately, while Facebook plans to build a highly energy-efficient data center, which saves it money in lower energy costs, the company has taken the cheap and easy — not to mention dirty — way out in choosing coal as the source of electricity that will power your Facebook profile. Yes, coal — that 19th century technology, which happens to be the dirtiest source of energy and biggest contributor to global warming — will be burned in ever greater amounts with each photo shared and status update posted, unless Facebook changes its plans

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