Smart Growth

(IS IT REALLY SO) SMART GROWTH?

My whiz-bang light rail is your pain in the asphalt 4
Posted 4 Feb 2010 11:14 AM Seattle's new light rail chugs along at a modest speed and stops frequently; some find that annoying, but it's what local activists and environmental-justice advocates asked for. It's a reminder that low-carbon development in cities isn’t always equally beneficial to all communities.
Does Schwarzenegger care more about tea partiers or the planet? 0
Posted 25 Sep 2009 1:42 PM Like any Hollywood actor, and like any politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger likes to talk a good game. And on climate, he talks a lot. He loves to promote inconsequential gab-fests like the Governors Global Summit on Climate Change. But when the rubber hits the road, will he actually, you know, do anything about it? Whether a bill on his desk gets a signature will tell us whether he is real or all puffery.
Smarter cities

The 15 most sustainable U.S. cities 28
Posted 16 Jul 2009 10:54 AM
Seattle is the most sustainable big city in the nation, according to a list compiled by Smarter Cities, an NRDC project that looks at the progress American cities are making toward going green. Find out which other 14 cities made the list.