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Lists
A couple |
David Roberts |
18 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here are two lists, for those of you into that kind of thing: First, Sustainlane -- which seems to produce a list every few weeks, no? -- has a list of the Top Ten Cities for Renewable Energy. That's the cities that provide citizens with the most green power. They are: 1. Oakland, CA 2. Sacramento/SF/San Jose, CA (tie) 3. Portland, OR 4. Boston, MA 5. San Diego, CA 6. Austin, TX 7. Los Angeles, CA 8. Minneapolis, MN 9. Seattle, WA 10. Chicago, IL Oaklan ... |
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| Topics: cars, Chicago, energy, green living, placemaking, Portland, renewable energy, San Francisco, Seattle (all these topics) |
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Sacks Education
San Francisco approves first-in-nation ban on plastic bags |
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28 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Sacks Education San Francisco approves first-in-nation ban on plastic bags San Francisco is the first U.S. city to pass a ban on non-recyclable plastic bags at major supermarkets and drugstores. Once it's signed into law, the stores will have six months to a year to sack the sacks, switching to compostable, recyclable ones made from corn or potato starch -- or reverting to recyclable paper. "We ... |
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| Topics: business, California, legislation, news, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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San Francisco ...
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David Roberts |
27 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| ... is probably going to ban plastic shopping bags. |
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| Topics: green living, San Francisco, shopping (all these topics) |
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Globalization Shmobalization
San Francisco Bay Area coalition urges focus on local economy |
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05 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Globalization Shmobalization San Francisco Bay Area coalition urges focus on local economy What will those hippies think of next? A coalition of groups in the San Francisco Bay Area is undertaking a push against globalization and the labor and environmental offenses it incurs. The coalition, which just released a 30-page plan, hopes to coordinate with business and government leaders to move the Ba ... |
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| Topics: business, California, globalization, news, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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What not to buy for Christmas
Watch out for scary chemicals in plastic toys for tots |
Lisa Hymas |
13 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Umbra offered up a number of clever gift ideas for kids in her latest column, focusing particularly on experiences rather than things. But if you still want to do some thing-giving for those wee ones, you might first want to check out 'What's Toxic In Toyland,' an article by Margot Roosevelt in Time. San Francisco has just banned some plastic toys aimed at kids under three. The prime targets -- bisphenol A and phthalates -- have been found in everything from rubber duckie ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, parenting, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics) |
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Rubber Ducky, You're Not the One
San Francisco set to enact first-in-nation ban on toxics in baby toys |
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20 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Rubber Ducky, You're Not the One San Francisco set to enact first-in-nation ban on toxics in baby toys Next week, San Francisco will become the first U.S. city to ban the manufacture, distribution, and sale of baby toys containing chemicals linked to cancer and developmental delays. The prime targets -- bisphenol A and phthalates -- have been found in everything from rubber duckies to teething rings to bathtime boo ... |
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| Topics: California, news, San Francisco, toxics (all these topics) |
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Grist reader party in San Francisco
It kicked ass |
David Roberts |
13 Nov 2006 |
Gristmill |
| The Grist reader party in San Francisco on Friday was a smashing success. Over 300 eco-glitterati packed into the art gallery, and they were resplendent: young, urbane, and utterly destructive to every caricature that's ever attached to the word "environmentalist." A reporter who was there researching a story on Grist, speaking afterwards, was moved to exclaim: "I can't believe how hot everybody was!" Indeed. (Many more pictures are available ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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San Fran Green Festival
A report |
David Roberts |
10 Nov 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I'm here in San Francisco at the Green Festival -- billed as the world's largest green expo. The San Fran convention center is packed to the rafters with booths, booths, booths. It is somewhat verboten to say so these days, but the predominant vibe is still distinctly hippie. (As I wrote that, a small troop of people wandered by playing drums and tooting on flutes.) Dreadlocks abound. Tofu products are ubiquitous. The word "spirit" is deployed with alarming ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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If I'd known it was gonna be that kinda party ...
In San Fran |
David Roberts |
08 Nov 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I'm going to be down in San Francisco tomorrow and Friday, so blogging (from me, anyway) will be light-to-nonexistent. Hey, have you heard we're having a reader party in San Fran on Friday night? I'm gonna be there, throwin' down, or rockin', or wildin' out, or whatever it is the kids do these days when they drink to excess. I hope some of you regular Gristmill readers are able to make it -- I'd love to put faces with names. Attendance is looking to be in the multip ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Be Seen, Be Green: Come to Green Festival in San Francisco
We're giving away two free tickets (and seeking volunteers to help at our booth) |
Grist |
01 Nov 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Grist will be at the Green Festival in San Francisco on Nov. 10-12. Wanna come? The Green Festival folks have given us two free tickets to hand out to lucky readers. Email us at emailE=('volunteer@' + 'grist.org') document.write('' + emailE + '') with 'pick me!' in the subject line by 5 p.m. PST on Nov. 2 for a chance to win. Green Festival is the largest sustainability event in the U.S., with speakers, how-to workshops, music, organic eats and drinks, and displays fro ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, David Suzuki, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Circuit Breaker
Senators clash over proposal to split green-friendly 9th Circuit Court |
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25 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Circuit Breaker Senators clash over proposal to split green-friendly 9th Circuit Court For years, Republicans have loathed the San Francisco-based U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation's largest federal appeals court and most left-leaning. Its long record of upholding environmental laws is but one of its sins in the eyes of conservatives. Now, for the umpteenth time, they're trying ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, news, politics, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Sea-ing climate change for yourself
San Francisco visualizes rising seas |
Gregory Dicum |
21 Sep 2006 |
Gristmill |
| I love living in San Francisco, where not only do we have a City Department of the Environment, but it's teamed up with the Sierra Club on an environmental art/advocacy project that is all at once simple, creative, thought-provoking, cheap, and replicable. Today, they launched FutureSeaLevel.org to bring the climate crisis home. It's an ingeniously simple idea: Participants tape up public spaces with a line of blue tape that marks the new sea level after unchecked glo ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Ya Sure, You Hetcha
New report feeds controversy over California's Hetch Hetchy dam |
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21 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Ya Sure, You Hetcha New report feeds controversy over California's Hetch Hetchy dam Activists have pushed for over 20 years to restore Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy Valley to its natural state by knocking down a now 82-year-old dam and draining a 117-billion-gallon reservoir. This week, a California state report indicated that the project is technically feasible -- although the price tag would run b ... |
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| Topics: California, national parks, news, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Jacobs does Gore
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David Roberts |
14 Jul 2006 |
Gristmill |
| You have to wade through a painful Flash site to see them, and go to San Francisco to buy them, but hipster designer Marc Jacobs has a line of Al Gore t-shirts, tote bags, and trucker hats (click on "special items"). Apparently they're all the rage this season. Are there Gristmill readers in San Francisco? Email me. (via The Notion) |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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What's Up, Dock?
San Francisco aims to provide plug-in power to docked cruise ships |
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12 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| What's Up, Dock? San Francisco aims to provide plug-in power to docked cruise ships As San Francisco completes a new cruise-ship terminal, it plans also to build a facility to provide electric power to docked ships. Shoreside power -- in effect, extension cords that plug idling ships into hydro- and solar-generated electricity -- could reduce harmful emissions from the ships by up to 80 percent, said San Fra ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, California, news, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Cities are cool
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Clark Williams-Derry |
03 May 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Cool images from the Center for Neighborhood Technology show that people who live in dense urban areas -- downtown San Francisco, the denser parts of L.A., or the Chicago city core -- emit less CO2 for transportation. See for yourself:I'm showing San Francisco above because it's closest to my heart, but I think the Chicago map is coolest.The simple explanation for the pattern is that people who live in denser neighborhoods -- places where stores, services, and j ... |
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| Topics: Chicago, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Bay City Tollers
San Francisco looks into congestion charging |
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30 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Bay City Tollers San Francisco looks into congestion charging If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear ... a money clip. The city creatively known as "The City" plans to study the possibility of "congestion charges" -- making drivers pay to enter downtown during business hours. Critics include some stores in high-traffic areas, which fear that disincentives for down ... |
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| Topics: California, cars, London, news, placemaking, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Old Dog Poop, New Tricks
San Francisco looks to harness the power of pet poop |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Old Dog Poop, New Tricks San Francisco looks to harness the power of pet poop Renewable energy is the sh*t. No, really. San Francisco Bay Area cities are aiming to generate no trash by 2020, and nearly 4 percent of San Francisco's residential waste is animal excrement. What to do with the doo? Turn it into methane and heat your home or cook your meals with it! (Um, ew.) In the next few months, a San Franc ... |
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| Topics: California, news, renewable energy, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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The greening of San Fran
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David Roberts |
07 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| I knew some cool stuff was going on down in San Francisco, but this report from Clean Edge is pretty amazing. Apparently, when mayor Gavin Newsom said last year that he wanted to implement Clean Edge's recommendations, he wasn't kidding. Joel Makower reports on the past year's progress: The Mayor has named a clean-tech manager, Jennifer Entine-Matz, to coordinate citywide clean-tech initiatives, market and execute San Francisco's clean-tech business attract ... |
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Lather, Prince, Repeat
Prince Charles frets over climate change, promotes organic foods |
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31 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Lather, Prince, Repeat Prince Charles frets over climate change, promotes organic foods Britain's Prince Charles is getting dreadfully worried about climate change. In an interview with the BBC last week, he called it the "greatest challenge" to face humanity. And on CBS's 60 Minutes last night, he said, "You know, if you look at the latest figures on clima ... |
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| Topics: climate, food and agriculture, news, San Francisco, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics) |
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iPodSubwayMaps.com
Another case of copyright infringement? |
Chris Schults |
26 Sep 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Riding public transit is a good thing, right? And you would think that easily accessible maps would encourage more people to ride the bus or subway, or current customers to ride them more often. And you would also think that transit authorities would be thrilled to hear that their maps are now available to millions of iPod users. There, you'd be wrong. From Wired we learn that William Bright, creator of IPodSubwayMaps.com, was asked to remove maps of the New York City ... |
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| Topics: New York City, public transportation, San Francisco, tech (all these topics) |
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The journey of a thousand miles
San Francisco takes the first step |
Andy Brett |
15 Jun 2005 |
Gristmill |
| San Francisco, or as I like to call it, number one, is already sinking its teeth into the Accords. City officials must have gotten an early copy, or taken a look at the wiki used to draft them before they were finalized, since the SF Examiner article reporting that officials will consider making green purchasing a reality for the city is dated May 30, before the Accords were finalized. Nevertheless, SF will be well on their way to knocking out Accord number five with this ... |
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| Topics: San Francisco (all these topics) |
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Esprit de Gore
Gore is transforming into fiery climate evangelist |
Amanda Griscom Little |
09 Jun 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Al Gore. Photo: The House Policy Committee. Al Gore, once derided by the right as a stiff, wooden Ozone Man, is now recasting himself as the fiery, headstrong Climate Avenger -- a blunt and passionate spokesperson about what he calls "a collision between our civilization and the earth." He is currently in negotiations to play a starring role in a big-budget, feature-length documentary ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, Muckraker, politics, San Francisco, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair
San Francisco named most sustainable city; Houston least |
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08 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair San Francisco named most sustainable city; Houston least San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Berkeley, Calif., and Seattle took the top four spots in a new ranking of 25 U.S. cities based on sustainability practices. Bay Area green group SustainLane created the list after scrutinizing the metropolises based on 12 criteria, ... |
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| Topics: California, news, Oregon, placemaking, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Texas, Washington (all these topics) |
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Like a Metric Earth Day
Mayors from all over globe gather to celebrate World Environment Day |
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31 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Like a Metric Earth Day Mayors from all over globe gather to celebrate World Environment Day A five-day gathering to mark U.N. World Environment Day kicks off tomorrow in San Francisco and is expected to bring together at least 70 mayors from cities across the globe. San Francisco is the first U.S. city to host the annual event and will focus workshops, lectures, and other activities on sustainable ... |
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| Topics: California, news, placemaking, politics, San Francisco (all these topics) |
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