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For Whom the Roto Tills On killing your lawn	Umbra Fisk	19 Sep 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I just moved into a house with a large backyard. I would like to xeriscape 90 percent of it, but I must first learn how to kill and remove the grass. I'm not a fan of chemicals and would like to find an alternate solution. Most of the yard is very, very brown these days due to the drought. Will a rototiller do the job? Frank Dearest Frank, For befuddled readers, a xeriscape is a water-saving garden, usually instal ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, gardening, placemaking (all these topics)

Speed Limit		19 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Speed Limit President Bush issued an executive order yesterday directing federal agencies to speed environmental reviews of important transportation projects, arguing that highways, airports, and other such projects are critical to the nation's economy and need to be freed of red tape. Environmentalists immediately denounced the move, calling it part of a systemic effort to restrict public debate and undermine environm ...
Topics: placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

The Dark Side		19 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
The Dark Side In most major metropolitan areas, you can count the stars visible in the night sky on your fingers. Now, the phenomenon is spreading; due to urban sprawl, bright artificial lights are drowning out the darkness in more and more of the world. That's bad news for astronomers, public energy budgets -- and many plant and animal species. Since the 1970s, scientists have been studying the effect of light o ...
Topics: placemaking, pollution and waste, wildlife (all these topics)

Fee: 'Fie,' Foes Fume		18 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Fee: "Fie," Foes Fume Is it a tax or is it not a tax? That's the question in London, where diplomats are up in arms over a proposed daily fee on cars driving into the city center, in order to discourage congestion and clean up the city's air. They say the fee most certainly is a tax, and that therefore embassies should be exempt from it under the 1961 Vienna Convention, which bars governm ...
Topics: air pollution, business, England, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Carpooling for Everyone	Suzy Becker	16 Sep 2002	Ha.

Topics: placemaking (all these topics)

Star Light, Star Bright, I Hope to See a Star Tonight		13 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Star Light, Star Bright, I Hope to See a Star Tonight Not too long ago, the Indian capital of New Delhi was one of the most polluted cities in the world; now, you still might not want to run a marathon there, but the city is making serious strides toward cleaning up its air. Dilip Biswas, chair of the city's Central Pollution Control Board, says pollution has dropped 25 percent since 1995, as levels of sulfur dioxide and ...
Topics: air pollution, India, placemaking (all these topics)

It's My Way or No Highway?		10 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
It's My Way or No Highway? The head of the U.S. EPA's New England office has accused New Hampshire of failing to prepare for the environmental impact of the rapid population boom that is expected to follow the widening of Interstate 93, the main commuter highway connecting the state to Boston, Mass. New Hampshire plans to spend $18 million to ease the environmental impacts of the highway project, ...
Topics: business, New Hampshire, placemaking, population, US EPA (all these topics)

Ecotopias, Part I On environmentally friendly communities	Umbra Fisk	06 Sep 2002	Ask Umbra
Hello, Umbra, I have been a firefighter for 23 years in Florida and have been reading Grist for the last couple of years. I am very environmentally conscious (probably why my nickname at the fire station is Captain Planet) and am starting to look for a place to move with mountains, small and friendly (preferably environmentally conscious) communities that still have reasonably clean air and water and a lack of hu ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Not the Year of the Bicycle		06 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Not the Year of the Bicycle Ever since the Communist Revolution of 1949, bicycles have been a seemingly indelible part of the Chinese landscape, as endemic as pandas. Now, though, as the pace of life picks up in China's major cities, urban planners and government authorities have begun treating bicycles as nuisances -- antiquated devices that impede the free flow of cars. So far, Shanghai has banned bikes on 54 major roads, and there is ...
Topics: China, placemaking (all these topics)

Sin Diesel		04 Sep 2002	Daily Grist
Sin Diesel Long-term exposure to diesel exhaust probably triggers a wide range of respiratory illnesses and causes lung cancer, according to a study released yesterday by the U.S. EPA. Based on decades of research, the study found "persuasive" evidence that the diesel engines operating on highways, farms, and construction sites around the country are hazardous to human health. The same concl ...
Topics: air pollution, health, placemaking, politics, US EPA (all these topics)

Got Sun? Marketing the revolution in clean energy	Amanda Griscom	29 Aug 2002	Powers That Be
Last month, 10 solar-powered race cars zipped around a 1.5-mile NASCAR track at the legendary Texas Motor Speedway, some of them reaching the dizzying speed of 35 miles per hour. With all its technological novelty and timely political implications, the Dell and Winston Solar Challenge (named for the computer and cigarette companies that sponsored it) might have been a grand public spectacle. But the entire 155,000-se ...
Topics: advertising, Bill McKibben, cars, grassroots activism, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics)

Sprawl Together Now		29 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Sprawl Together Now A new culprit has been named in the drought that has plagued more than a third of the U.S. this summer: urban sprawl. A report released yesterday by American Rivers, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Smart Growth America found that the rapid expansion of pavement and developed land in metropolitan areas amounts to a one-two punch for the environment. The concrete eliminates fields and grasslands, which woul ...
Topics: climate, placemaking (all these topics)

In Security	Suzy Becker	26 Aug 2002	Ha.

Topics: placemaking (all these topics)

A Ticket to Not Ride		23 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
A Ticket to Not Ride Tree-huggers, time-wasters, socialists, elitists, leftists, losers, homosexuals, Democrats -- those are just a few of the more printable epithets that have been directed at the members of Earth on Empty, an environmental organization dedicated to improving air quality and reversing global warming. What has Earth on Empty done to earn such malice? It has launched a campaign to &quo ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, placemaking (all these topics)

Better Living Through French Fries Is biodiesel the fuel of the future?	Hal Clifford	22 Aug 2002	Main Dish
The Granola Ayatollah of Canola, aka Charris Ford, slides behind the wheel of his 1980 International Scout truck and turns the key. The truck burbles to life and off we go, cruising down the gravel roads that divide the aspen groves of southwestern Colorado's Horsefly Mesa. It would be just a standard evening joyride, except that Ford's truck doesn't run on gasoline. Or diesel. Or electricity, or ...
Topics: climate, energy, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Billy Clubbed		20 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Billy Clubbed Speaking of the whims of a chief executive: Ford Motor Company is currently struggling to strike a balance between the company's financial woes and the eco-friendly inclinations of CEO and Chair William Clay Ford, Jr. So far, the former seem to be winning out: In its latest corporate citizenship report, released this week, the company says it is having trouble meeting its ...
Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking (all these topics)

Putting the Golf Cart Before the Horsepower		16 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Putting the Golf Cart Before the Horsepower Seeking to comply with California regulations requiring automakers to reduce their emissions, General Motors has announced plans to give away thousands of electric vehicles over the next three years. The vehicles in question are literally modified golf carts (they have had seat belts, windshield wipers, and other parts added), and are only for use in ...
Topics: California, commercial and industry organizations, placemaking (all these topics)

It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood		16 Aug 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: placemaking, Vermont (all these topics)

Do Your Home Work Building a green community in the Green Mountain State	Elizabeth Sawin	16 Aug 2002	Global Citizen
At 9:30 at night the phone rings. It is my neighbor Lorie, who asks me if I'd mind stepping out onto my porch for a minute. I think I know what this is about. Up the hill on Tom and Lorie's porch there are candles burning on tables covered with the scattered remains of dinner. Children are lounging in laps. Someone is strumming a guitar. I don't know if they can see me, so I call out to them. ...
Topics: placemaking, Vermont (all these topics)

Sin Diesel On diesel engines	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Longtime reader; first-time writer. Love the column. My partner and I recently bought a small station wagon to replace our 4WD pick-up and '83 sedan. After some debate, we chose a turbo-diesel engine that boasts about 45 miles per gallon instead of a gas engine, which gets about 30 MPG. Our thinking led us to choose the higher fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions of the diesel engine, although the gas engine produces fewer par ...
Topics: advice, air pollution, Ask Umbra, cars, energy, green living, oil, placemaking, toxics (all these topics)

Autodidactic On picking the right car	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, In 1981, I bought my first car, a Honda Civic. It was a great car, and despite what certain congressional leaders say about car size and safety, an excellent vehicle for handling winter snow and ice in mountain driving in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The problem is that now, living in Pennsylvania, my husband and I and our three children are looking for a car that will be able to carry the five of us for the next 10 years wi ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, placemaking (all these topics)

Coolant On cooling your car	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2002	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, Is it more efficient to drive down the highway with my windows down or the air conditioner on? I know the air conditioner decreases gas mileage, but I bet having my windows down at 75 miles per hour produces pretty good drag. Thanks, Sara Dearest Sara, This is July's Question of the Month for Grist readers, apparently. I received a passel of virtually identical queries with minute variations. ("How much drag do you get from ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, fuel efficiency, green living, placemaking (all these topics)

Don't Have a Car, Man		15 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
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Topics: placemaking (all these topics)

No Room at the Inn		14 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
No Room at the Inn Banff National Park is the jewel of the Canadian Rockies -- and its most sparkly facet is Lake Louise, famous for emerald waters, dense forests, and glittering reflections of Victoria Glacier. But the peaceful-looking spot is actually a battleground between a large Canadian hotel chain and environmentalists who want to put a stop to a proposed $45 million, six-story addition to the ...
Topics: Canada, lakes, national parks, placemaking, wildlife (all these topics)

Happy Contrails to You		08 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Read more about: placemaking Happy Contrails to You Tragic as they were, the events of Sept. 11 provided an unexpected boon to climate science: They caused an unprecedented three-day interruption in U.S. air traffic that enabled scientists to assess the impact on the climate of condensation from jet planes. Those streaks of condensation, known as contrails, all but disappeared during the flight hiatus -- and variations in high and low temperatures increased by 2 degrees Fahrenheit each day, acco ...
Topics: placemaking (all these topics)

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