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Return of the Native Plants		03 Jul 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: Iowa, placemaking, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

The Fat of the Land		23 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
The Fat of the Land Sprawl has been accused of many evils, but here's a new one: It may make you fat. While suburban residents drive to get most places they go, many city dwellers walk or ride bikes, and that physical exercise seems to keep urbanites slimmer. "[I]f you choose to live in a sprawling environment, you are more likely to be overweight," says Lawrence D. Frank, a professor of urban planning at the U ...
Topics: health, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Not By the Air of Our Chinny-chin-chin		20 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Not By the Air of Our Chinny-chin-chin Meanwhile, things aren't looking so hot for air-pollution regulation on the federal level, either. Republicans in the Senate are drawing up a transportation bill that enviros say could water down the efficacy of the Clean Air Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Provisions in a draft legislation would allow states to postpone or avoid complying ...
Topics: air pollution, placemaking, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics)

Country House, City House		18 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Country House, City House Once upon a time, the Russian dacha, or country house, was the domain of the wealthy few, those who could afford to escape the grime and grit of Moscow and St. Petersburg for wooded lawns and rural vistas. But since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia's mushrooming business class has poured millions into building lavish second ...
Topics: placemaking, pollution and waste, Russia, solid waste treatment and disposal, wilderness (all these topics)

Driving Reign		17 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Driving Reign Seventy-five percent of U.S. workers drive alone to their jobs, according to data from the 2000 U.S. Census, while only 4.7 percent get to work via public transportation and 0.4 percent commute by bicycle. Ridership on mass transit has increased 22 percent since 1996, says the American Public Transit Association, but highway driving has increased at a faster clip -- unsurprising, considering that roads and highways ...
Topics: placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Idle Trucks Are the Devil's Playthings		16 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Idle Trucks Are the Devil's Playthings New gadgetry at truck stops could help slash pollution from idling big rigs. Most truck drivers across the U.S. leave their vehicles' engines running all night while they're parked at truck stops because it's the only way to keep the heating or air conditioning on while they get some shuteye. Between 840 million and 2 billion gallons of gasoline are burned each year ...
Topics: air pollution, energy, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

A Man With a Plan		16 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
A Man With a Plan Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), a top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, made a bid for green votes on Friday when he unveiled an energy plan that would, among other things, tighten fuel-economy standards for automobiles and push the U.S. toward getting 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Kerry wants to end U.S. dependence on Middle East oil imports ...
Topics: elections, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

Adding Fuel Cells to the Fire		13 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Adding Fuel Cells to the Fire The Bush administration has been busily touting fuel-cell cars as a critical component of its energy plan and the solution to many an environmental woe. But what if the solution turns out to cause its own problems? According to new research published in this week's issue of Science, the technology used in hydrogen fuel cells could contribute to the destruction of ...
Topics: ozone, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

The Corrections Reader responses on family cars, the internal combustion engine, and more	Umbra Fisk	11 Jun 2003	Ask Umbra
Dearest Readers, How I enjoy your letters! I'm sorry I'm unable to answer them all; lest you fear that they vanish into the void, I assure you they do not. I read each and every one of them down here in Stacklandia. I must in particular thank those of you who write in to correct, amend, or expand on issues I address in my columns. Almost without exception, those perspic ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers		11 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers Roads have long been considered the enemy of the environment, creating (literal) avenues for deforestation and development. Now, it seems, they are also to blame for another major environmental woe: invasive species. According to a pair of recent studies conducted at the University of California at Davis, new roads are one of the quickest ways to introduce nonnative species to an area, at a tremendous ...
Topics: placemaking, wildlife (all these topics)

Light on Their Fleet		10 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Light on Their Fleet The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear a case about whether the Los Angeles area can go beyond the federal Clean Air Act to impose strict anti-pollution rules on buses, taxis, garbage trucks, airport shuttles, and other vehicle fleets. Oil companies and engine manufacturers challenged a rule issued in 2000 by the South Coast Air Quality Management District that requires owne ...
Topics: air pollution, California, health, placemaking, toxics (all these topics)

Toyota Story		10 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Toyota Story Toyota is racing to make its cars at least as recyclable as those of its European rivals, Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler. The Japanese automaker announced yesterday that the vehicles it produces in Japan and Europe should be at least 85 percent recyclable by 2006 and 95 percent recyclable by 2016, up from 83 percent today. The move will help Toyota expand its market share in Europe, where ...
Topics: European Union, green living, placemaking, recycling (all these topics)

Green Collar Jobs		06 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Green Collar Jobs In an unusually strong gesture of blue-green solidarity, 10 major labor unions called on presidential candidates yesterday to back a decade-long, $300 billion research plan to boost energy efficiency, reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, and preserve jobs. Known as the Apollo Project, the plan calls for the promotion of hybrid and hydrogen cars, energy-efficient factor ...
Topics: elections, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, United States (all these topics)

Tunnel at the End of the Tunnel		04 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Tunnel at the End of the Tunnel A coalition that includes the Sierra Club, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and the Abyssinian Baptist Church is backing a project to build a new tunnel under New York Harbor to reduce truck traffic in the city. The proposed rail freight tunnel would divert almost a million truck-trips per year away from the George Washington Bridge; it is supported by business, l ...
Topics: air pollution, health, New York, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Ford Gored		03 Jun 2003	Daily Grist
Ford Gored The Sierra Club hopes to embarrass Ford Motor Co. with ads slated to run in the New York Times and BusinessWeek pointing out that the company's vehicles are less fuel-efficient now than when Ford got its start 100 years ago. The Model T got 25 miles to the gallon; Ford's fleet now averages 22.6 miles per gallon, and its popular Ford Ex ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Can We Get There From Here?		30 May 2003	Daily Grist
Can We Get There From Here? The U.S. transportation sector generates more carbon dioxide emissions than the entire economy of any other country in the world with the exception of China, according to a study released yesterday by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. The study, "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation," also found that transportation accounts for almost on ...
Topics: climate, energy, ozone, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Take This Job and SUV It		29 May 2003	Daily Grist
Take This Job and SUV It Golden State senators will no longer be allowed to use SUVs to tool around their districts, if the president pro tem of the California senate gets his way. Most lawmakers in California lease their vehicles at the state's expense; now, Sen. John Burton (D) wants to ban the lease of SUVs to protect the environment and save the state money on fuel. The rule would apply only to senators, and only to those about ...
Topics: California, placemaking (all these topics)

Plane Text Advice on driving vs. flying	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Hi Umbra, I'm wondering if you have any numbers comparing the fuel efficiency of flying versus driving the average car for the same distance. Also, how does carbon dioxide production compare for the same trip? Steve Loomis, Calif. Dearest Steve, Flight blight? Here's what I can find so far, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Institute in beautiful Snowmass, Colo. Single-occupancy automobiles produce 0.91 pounds of carbon dioxide per ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking, travel (all these topics)

Give a Hoot, Don't Scoot On scooters	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I was thinking of buying a scooter with the idea that (in addition to being fun) I would be using a more fuel-efficient means of transportation on days when the weather was good. Then I got the edition of the Daily Grist telling me how dirty motorcycles are. Now I'm worried: Are scooters the same? I'm talking about a Vespa-type thing. Please tell me that's not as polluting as a Harley! Thanks (even if the answer isn't wha ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Gnarly Davidson On motorcycles	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I recently read a claim that "motorcycles produce far more pollution per mile than your typical car, truck, or SUV." Is that true? I've got a friend who's currently making her (bad-ass) way across country on a Harley -- 60 mpg, baby -- and we are both curious about the environmental impacts compared with a car. Billy Brooklyn, N.Y. Dearest Billy, Bad news for your friend and her bad behind. If she's getting 60 miles ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Vantastic On minivans	Umbra Fisk	28 May 2003	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We have a six-year-old daughter, a three-year-old daughter, and -- surprise! (well, not completely) -- a new baby girl due in the next two months. Our fuel-efficient car cannot fit two car seats and a booster across the back seat, and according to Washington state law ("six-years-old and 60 pounds"), my petite six-year-old will remain in her booster for some time. I've been looking into minivans but am discouraged by their poo ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Ride On!		28 May 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, placemaking (all these topics)

All Together Now		27 May 2003	Daily Grist

Topics: food and agriculture, green living, placemaking, Vermont (all these topics)

Swiss Miss		20 May 2003	Daily Grist
Swiss Miss In a closely watched referendum, Swiss citizens voted overwhelmingly on Sunday to keep nuclear power going strong in the country. Although Switzerland has abundant sources of hydroelectric power, voters rejected two initiatives on the ballot that would have phased out the nation's five nuclear power plants over the coming decades. Philippe de Rougemont, representative for an anti-nuke coalition, predicted ...
Topics: nuclear power, placemaking, Switzerland (all these topics)

40 Acres and a Tax Break		16 May 2003	Daily Grist
40 Acres and a Tax Break California environmentalists and farmers rejoiced yesterday when Gov. Gray Davis (D) restored $40 million in funding for farmland and open-space protection under the Williamson Act. Together, farmers and enviros had lobbied heavily against the proposed elimination of the act, under which the state pays back counties for property taxes lost when landowners are ...
Topics: business, California, food and agriculture, news, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics)

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