Green Infrastructure

April Showers: The Tale of Two Cities

Amy E. Norquist | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Combined Sewer Overflow, Greensulate, Green Infrastructure, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Stormwater, Green Roofs, Green News
Amy E. Norquist

Two sides of the country and two different discussions about sewage and stormwater: Why is San Francisco a decade behind east coast cities in the adoption of green infrastructure?

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Let's Use Taxes to Put America to Work

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Taxes, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Congress, Green Jobs, Environment, Warren Buffett, Jobs, Green Energy, Buffett Rule, Bush Tax Cuts, Tax Day, Unemployment, Tax Day 2012, Green News
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

Instead of giving the wealthiest Americans a free ride, why shouldn't we ask them to pay their fair share? That's the only way we are going to bring fairness to our tax system and make our nation stronger, healthier and more competitive.

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In the Public Interest : Led by Youth Americans Are Driving Less, But When Will Lawmakers Notice?

Phineas Baxandall | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Infrastructure, Social Media, Green Infrastructure, Driving, Highways, Youth, Biking, Public Transportation, Texting While Driving, Drivers Licenses, Transportation, Texting and Driving Ban, Politics News
Phineas Baxandall

More than older generations, they say that they will sometimes choose to take alternative transportation as a way to help the environment. Will our leaders notice this important trend? You wouldn't know it looking at Congress.

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New York City Commits to Green Solution for Sewage Overflows

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Sewage, Water, Newtown Creek, Hudson River, Green Infrastructure, New York, Water Pollution, Water Contamination, New York City, New York Harbor, Green News
Peter Lehner

In New York, green infrastructure is going to play a transformative role. But the story is much bigger than that.

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Matt Sledge

Gowanus Canal To Feature 'Sponge Park' Green Infrastructure

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Epa, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Bioswales, Dlandstudios, Gowanus Cleanup, Susannah Drake, Gowanus Canal Sponge Park, Gowanus Pollution, Carter Strickland, New York City Harbor, Gowanus, New York City Environment, Gowanus Sponge Park, Sponge Park, Gowanus Canal, Gowanus Superfund, New York News

NEW YORK -- Where Second Street dead ends with the Gowanus Canal, a New Yorker comes face to face, but hopefully not hand to water, with a slice of th...

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Eco Etiquette: Is 'Made In America' Better For The Environment?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: President Obama, Green News, Green Advice, Green Jobs, US Manufacturing, Eric Lotke, Clean Energy, Abc News Made in America, Green Living, Chinese Workers, Obama State of the Union 2012, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Unemployment, Made in America, Dream of a Nation, State of the Union, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Does buying American-made also help the environment, as your friend suggests? As a general rule, I believe it does.

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New York's Exciting Experiment in Green Infrastructure

Steven Cohen | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Environmental Sustainability, Green Infrastructure, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York City, Green New York City, New York City Green, Green Technology, Green News
Steven Cohen

Water quality in the New York Harbor, the Long Island Sound and the Hudson and East Rivers has improved dramatically in recent decades thanks to the success of national, state and local-level policies and regulations.

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Let's Rebuild Brooklyn With Federal Job Money

Alan Singer | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: New York Subway, Infrastructure, Jobs, Green Infrastructure, Bicycles, Prospect Park, Barack Obama, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Infrastructure, Brooklyn Jobs, Federal Stimulus, New York News
Alan Singer

NYC Councilmembers are polling constituents to find out about needed capital improvement projects in local neighborhoods such as street repairs, new parks, and public artworks.

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Why This Is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America's Infrastructure

Robert Reich | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Third Industrial Revolution, National Infrastructure, Politics News
Robert Reich

Anyone with half a brain will see this is the ideal time to borrow money from the rest of the world to put Americans to work rebuilding the nation's infrastructure. Problem is, too many in Washington have less than half a brain.

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To Fix America, Tax Foreigners

Carl Pope | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Taxes, Oil, Foreign Oil, Deficit, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Fuel Efficiency Standards, Tax Cuts, Green Transportation, Oil Dependence, National Deficit, Green News
Carl Pope

The U.S. consumes about 6.5 billion barrels of oil a year. About 60 percent of it is imported. Getting rid of these imports would have had the same impact in 2010 as a $300 billion dollar tax cut on American consumers and the American economy.

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Rep. Donna Edwards -- Advocate for Green Concerns

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Energy Consumption, h.r. 910, Oil Tax Breaks, Rep. Donna Edwards, Public Health, Earth Day, Green Energy, Esquire Magazine, Clean Air Act, Sen. Tom Udall, Green Living, Green Infrastructure, Mcaf, Ecology, Climate Change, Green Technology, Moms Clean Air Force, Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010, Environment, Green News, Green News
Marcia G. Yerman

Rep. Donna Edwards is a strong believer in the importance of the Clean Air Act. I reached out to her with four key questions on energy and her commitment to the environment.

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Why Solar Income Is Key to Fiscal Responsibility

Andy Mannle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Infrastructure, Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy, Van Jones, Fiscal Conservatives, Federal Budget Deficit, Sustainability, Clean Energy, Electric Cars, Green News
Andy Mannle

With all the talk in Washington about being fiscally conservative, it's time to remember that true fiscal responsibility begins with solar income. Everything we do depends on energy.

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Google Is Doing What the Government Can't

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wind Power Transmission, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Energy Transmission, Hudson River Tunnel, Gas Tax, Interstate Highway System, Renewable Energy, Governor Chris Christie, President Eisenhower, China Clean Energy, Coal, Google, Transportation, Green News
Andrew Winston

While federal and state governments are somewhat incapacitated, Google is proposing a $5 billion "transmission backbone" for offshore wind farms along the East Coast.

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If a Tree Falls in Los Angeles, This Is the Sound it Makes

Michael Seitzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Southern California, Los Angeles, City Funds, Los Angeles News
Michael Seitzman

CITY of LA: We have no record in our system of anyone calling about this tree. ME: Really, we've been calling about this tree repeatedly for two years.

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'Suburban Nation'

Jeff Speck | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Suburbs, Public Schools, House, Infrastructure, Green Infrastructure, Housing Market, Suburbia, Chicago Suburbs, Housing, Suburban, National Infrastructure, Slidepollajax, Sprawl, The Suburbs, Housing Crisis, Urban Sprawl, Books News
Jeff Speck

But now, a preference has become a mandate, as sprawl has quietly been identified as a central cause behind a growing list of mounting national crises including foreign oil dependency, climate change, and the obesity epidemic.

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New York City's Green Infrastructure Plan and Sustainability Management

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Infrastructure, Michael Bloomberg, Sustainability Management, Grey Infrastructure, New York City Green Infrastructure, Green News
Steven Cohen

The Bloomberg administration has again demonstrated its ability to marry sound business and environmental principles and placed themselves at the forefront of the emerging field of sustainability management.

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Is Smarter Greener?

Peter Fox-Penner, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Smart Grid, Green Infrastructure, Green Living, Smart Infrastructure, Green Energy, Green Communities, Technology News
Peter Fox-Penner, PhD

While plug-in hybrid vehicles have about half the carbon emissions of typical autos, designing a city to be transit, bike, and pedestrian friendly from the start can't be beat.

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Green News Report: September 14, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Sustainable Design, Fracking, Oil Spill Response, Australia, Renewable Energy, Factory Farms, Pakistan Floods, Obama Administration, Globalization, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Coal, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Eggs, Infrastructure, Egg Recall, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Department of Energy, Usda, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Walrus, California, Nanotechnology, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pakistan, Corn, Electric Vehicles, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Arctic, Prop 16, Green Infrastructure, Organic Food, South Korea, BRAD BLOG, Peak Oil, California Prop 23, San Bruno Fire, Green News, Natural Gas, Climate Legislation, Alaska, Ethanol, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: They found...

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Green News Report: September 9, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: New electri...

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Green News Report: September 7, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: We're back...

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Green Energy Generation can Help Rebuild Our Economy

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afl-Cio, Stewart Acuff, Green Infrastructure, Green Energy, Utility Workers Union of America, Energy Debates, Politics News
Stewart Acuff

The remarks below were presented to the Portland to the Northwest Conference on Transmission and Grid Policy to Facilitate Green Energy Generation I ...

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Greensburg, Kansas: From Green-town to Clean-town

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Project Explore, Baking Soda, Eco-Environment, Donor Fatigue, Twilight Theatre, U.S. Department of Energy, Eco-Innovation, Green Economy, Usda, National Renewable Energy Lab, Country Music, PF Waterworks, Dorothy Gale, Twister, Vegetable Gardens, Fema, Leed, TADgreen Inc, Green Cleaners, Spirit of Greensburg Committee, Clorox Company, Man-Made-Disasters, White Vinegar, Clorox, Green Economies, Survivors, Ralph Appelbaum, Green Cleaning, Cooling, Small Business, Caroma USA, Clorox-Company, Bauer Power, Sichuan Provence, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Fund-Raising, Salt, Small Businesses, Leed-Certified-Home, Eco-Toxins, General Motors, Discovery Channel, Greensburg/GreenTown, Ground-Source Cooling, Sustainable German Technology, Borax, Meadowlark House, Global-Economy, OCW Foundation, AT&T, Rebuilding, Samoa Tsunami, China Earthquake, Education and Outreach, Clean Infrastructure, Outdoor Eco-Environments, Environmentally Conscious, Pollutants, Greensburg Kansas, Volcanic Ash, The Green Economy, Usde, Natural Home Magazine, Global Economy, German Technology, Discovery Communications, The Wizard of Oz, 9/11, Outreach, Eco-Friendly, Silo Eco-Home, Pollutant, Kansas, USDA-Rural Development, Office Depot, Sustainable Technology, Eco Friendly, EF Scale, OneCleanWorld Foundation, Big Well Museum, Environmental Sustainability, Sun Chips, Enhanced Fujita, Advocacy, Big Green Box, Fund Raising, One Clean World Foundation, Sterling-Publishing, Green-Economy, Sears, Outdoor Eco-Environment, Mother Earth News, EF5 Tornado, Natural-Home-Magazine, 24-Hour News Cycle, Environmental-Sustainability, Commercial Cleanser, Education, Green Infrastructure, Tsunami, Green Dwellings, Kiowa County Commons, Solar Hot Water, Wind Turbines, Tornado, Greensburg-Kansas, Conscious Living, Vinegar, Kiowa County, Kansas Tornado, Toxins, Disaster-Victims, Schmidt/Manlier Family, Green Buildings, Richard Haymes, Leed-Certified Home, Public Health, Greensburg 2020, Tropical Cyclone, Eco-Home, Commercial Cleaners, Sterling Publishing, Kiowa County United, Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, George Jones, Green Industry, Rooftop Gardens, Fundraising, Cleaning, Viega, ef5, Ocwf, Bnim, Green News
Michael DeJong

After a tornado destroyed 95% of the town, Greensburg, Kansas reinvented itself by striving to become the greenest community imaginable.

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Water Infrastructure: The Unseen Crisis

Steven R. Loranger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Infrastructure, Water Pollution, Water, Clean Water, Water Infrastructure, Water Crisis, Green News
Steven R. Loranger

Water infrastructure is almost invisible to the average person - and even when something breaks, it often goes unnoticed. But this is a very unfortunate barrier for much needed investment.

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Energy for the People, By the People: Schools Lead the Way

Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Infrastructure, Innovation, Clean Energy, Mike Honda, Green Energy, Universities, Green News
Rep. Mike Honda

Through education, innovation, and entrepreneurship, we need to put the energy supply not in the hands of a few utilities, but in the hands of individual households and institutions.

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How Do We Fund the Future of Infrastructure?

Steven R. Loranger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Traffic Management, Green Infrastructure, Water, Infrastructure Financing, Water Scarcity, Water Infrastructure, Itt, Water Crisis, Air Traffic Control, Nextgen, Federal Aviation Administration, Ads-B, Infrastructure Investment, Technology News
Steven R. Loranger

We need government and business and citizenry to work together so the critical networks in our skies--and under our feet--will meet the needs of generations to come.

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