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Category Archives: energy
Fracking sprawl across West Texas
Many places across America lament the urban sprawl taking place in their midst. Meanwhile, parts of Texas have a different kind of sprawl to contend with – fracking sprawl. As can be seen in the photos taken as I flew … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, air travel, Alternative energy, aviation, Cities, Climate Change, economics, energy, geography, Geology, health, Housing, infrastructure, land use, pictures, planning, politics, pollution, spatial design, sprawl, topography, Travel, Uncategorized, visual pollution
Tagged fracking, oil drilling, pollution
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States with the most public EV charging outlets
Below are the most recent numbers of public electric vehicle charging outlets (not stations), as of October 29, 2017. A minimum of 500 is required to included on the list. Aside from California which far and away leads the list, … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, Alternative transportation, climate change, culture, economic development, economic gardening, electric vehicles, energy, environment, geography, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, Science, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged charging stations, electric vehicles, EV, supercharging stations, Tesla
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The Great Lakes doomsday scenario pipeline
If you thought the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota was bad, boy do we have a doozy of one for you here in Michigan. A 63-year old submerged twin pipeline (Enbridge #5), that was built with a 50-year lifespan … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, climate change, energy, environment, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, logistics, nature, politics, pollution, product design, rivers/watersheds, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged Enbridge, Great Lakes, lakes, oil, pipelines, pollution, water pollution
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“Brainbelt” cities
I recently completed reading an interested and insightful book entitled The Smartest Places on Earth. Written by Antoine Van Agtmael and Fred Bakker, the book identifies and concentrates on those Rustbelt cities in the North America and Europe that have … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, aviation, book reviews, books, branding, business, Canada, Cars, cities, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, education, energy, environment, Europe, EVs and hybrids, geography, government, health, Health care, history, infrastructure, internet, land use, literature, Maps, Mexico, North America, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, revitalization, schools, Science, Small business, Social media, spatial design, States, technology, Trade, transportation, UK, urban planning
Tagged books, Brainbelts, monikers, Science, smart places, technology
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Getting “reel” about our environment
After way too many years of using a gasoline powered lawn mower, my wife and I recently made the switch to a human-powered reel lawn mower. Once the standard for lawn care, these basic mowing machines have been long regulated … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, civics, climate change, consumerism, energy, environment, health, history, nature, pollution, sustainability, Uncategorized, walking
Tagged climate change, environment, history, lawn mowers, reel mowers
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The world’s largest airport solar farm is where?
Not in Phoenix, Tucson, Southern California, Florida, the Sahara Desert, the Middle East, Australia, or anywhere else you might first guess. As of December 2014, the world’s largest airport solar farm is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Yes, in the hearth … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative energy, aviation, Canada, cities, climate change, energy, environment, Europe, geography, India, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, pollution, Renewable Energy, Science, spatial design, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, energy, environment, Indianapolis, land use, planning, renewable energy, solar energy
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Kudos to the kayak protesters of Seattle!
What an absolutely amazing photograph of the last weekend’s kayak protests in Seattle over Royal Dutch/Shell’s plan to begin Arctic Ocean oil drilling. If you cannot see or read the signs they say “Shell no.” While some have already argued that the activists … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, Communications, consumerism, culture, energy, environment, globalization, history, humanity, nature, peace, politics, pollution, Renewable Energy, Science, social equity, sustainability, technology, transportation, volunteerism, Wildlife
Tagged activists, advocacy, Arctic Ocean, cities, climate change, environment, global warming, kayaks, nature, oil, oil drilling, petroleum, pollution, protests, Seattle, Shell
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ULI’s 21 great ways to build healthy places!
The Urban Land Institute recently released its Building Healthy Places Toolkit. The document “outlines 21 practical and evidence-based recommendations that the development community can use to promote health at the building or project scale.” The recommendations are broken into … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, Animals, architecture, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, education, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, historic preservation, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, nature, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged architecture, cities, design, environment, healthy places, land use ULI, planning, staircases, stairs, stairways, sustainability, Urban Land Institute, urban planning
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Review of “Inventing Los Alamos” – Atomic utopia and urban paradox
I just had the pleasure of reading a most interesting book entitled, Inventing Los Alamos: The Growth of an Atomic Community by Jon Hunner. Part historical account, part urban planning study, Inventing Los Alamos is a worthwhile read for anyone … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, book reviews, books, cities, civics, culture, economic development, energy, environment, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, literature, military, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, Science, spatial design, technology, tourism, Travel, urban planning, writing
Tagged atomic age, books, cities, Cold War, environment, Jon Hunner, land use, literature, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, military, New Mexico, non-fiction, research, Science, technology, urban planning, utopia, writing
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Can a remote uranium mining town become a retirement mecca?
While more of an academic publication than a great literary work of non-fiction, Boom Town Blues: Elliot Lake remains an enlightening and useful read. The book summarizes what can only be described as the “great experiment of Elliot Lake, Ontario.” Now, … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, book reviews, books, Canada, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, Economy, energy, environment, geography, government, history, Housing, infrastructure, land use, literature, Mining, Nature, North America, placemaking, planning, product design, seasons, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Travel, urban planning, weather, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, Boom Town Blues, Canada, cities, Daniel Burham, Elliot Lake, Elliot Lake Retirement Living, geography, mining, Ontario, retirement, tourism, travel, uranium
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