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Archive for the ‘Sustainability’ Category

Green Scissors 2012: Cutting Wasteful and Environmentally Harmful Spending

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
For more than 18 years the Green Scissors campaign has been a collaboration between budget and environmental groups aimed at eliminating wasteful spending that is harmful to the environment. This year’s report is a collaboration between environmental organization Friends of the Earth, budget watchdog Taxpayers for Common Sense, and free-market think tank R Street. While each group comes to the Green Scissors project with a unique mission, a diverse constituency, and different opinions on the role of government, we join together around one shared goal: exposing and eliminating wasteful and environmentally harmful spending.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: David Owen, Author, “The Green Metropolis” and “The Conundrum”

Monday, June 25th, 2012

David Owen has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1991. Before joining The New Yorker, he was a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly and, prior to that, a senior writer at Harper’s. He is also a contributing editor at Golf Digest and one of The Fifty Funniest American Writers. He is […]

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California’s Infrastructure Crisis

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

Presentation by Bert Sandman at the 2012 CSG National Leadership Conference in La Quinta, California. Finance at the state and federal levels and alternatives to the gas tax are two major topics in the transportation discussion. In addition, as high-speed rail is put on the backburner elsewhere, the dream is still alive in California. This […]

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Critical Transportation Infrastructure and Societal Resilience

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

THE CENTER FOR NATIONAL POLICY
The key to assuring security, safety and prosperity in the 21“ Century will be possessing resilience in face of chronic and catastrophic risks. The years ahead will be marked by turbulence, fueled by unconventional conflict, likely changes in climate, and the sheer complexity and inter-dependencies of modern systems and networks. This places a premium on assuring that individuals, communities, and critical infrastructure have the capacity to withstand, respond, rapidly recover, and adapt to man-made and natural disturbances.

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Interactive Map: Fracking Across the United States

Friday, June 8th, 2012

EARTHJUSTICE The country is in the midst of an unprecedented gas drilling boom—brought on by a controversial technology called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Along with this fracking-fueled gas rush have come troubling reports of poisoned drinking water, polluted air, mysterious animal deaths, industrial disasters and explosions. We call them “Fraccidents.” The map below displays a […]

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Seven Growth Sectors Driving California’s Clean and Efficient Economy

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
California’s clean and efficient economy encompasses more of the state’s total economy every day. There are important “growth” sectors that are helping facilitate this transition—a diverse base of companies that provide the products and services that enable business, government, education, residential, and other “users” to cut costs through energy savings, receive more economic value per unit of energy consumed, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.

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Guest on The Infra Blog: Pete Ruane, AICP – President & CEO, American Road & Transportation Builders Association

Tuesday, June 5th, 2012

Dr. T. Peter Ruane is the president and CEO of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), a 110-year old national federation of public and private transportation construction interests with 6,000 members headquartered in Washington, D.C.  He has over 40 years of diversified experience in the economic development, transportation, construction and national defense fields. […]

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July 10-13, Philadelphia, PA: UIC Highspeed 2012

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

From UIC Highspeed 2012: “The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is excited to be hosting the UIC 8th World Congress on High-Speed Rail and we look forward to welcoming the world to Philadelphia and the United States – July 10-13, 2012. As America reshapes our transportation options to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, […]

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Assessing and Comparing Environmental Performance of Major Transit Investments

Thursday, May 31st, 2012

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
TCRP Project H-41 addresses the need for new measures of the environmental benefits of transit investments. The objective of this research is to present, evaluate, and demonstrate criteria, metrics, and methods for assessing and comparing the environmental performance of major transit investments. For purposes of this research, the following definitions are used:

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Vantage, WA: Wild Horse Wind Farm

Monday, May 28th, 2012

This video was taken during a Puget Sound Mini road rally on August 28 2010 – From Issaquah WA to Wild Horse Wind Farm in Vantage WA. This video just pans back and forth to show the wind mills (turbines) at this facility. Each one is more than 300 feet tall and generates enough electricity […]

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