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- It all ends up in the lake…or the bay…or the stream
- Geography of the Jazz Age in North America
- Ten Planning Lessons from Detroit’s Corktown Neighborhood
- Crafting a Perfect Brewery Name, Logo, and Slogan
- Mapping America’s Dumping Grounds
- Food Truck Names Based on Musicians or Songs
- Smaller Cities with Taller Skylines
- “Bu-tte-ful” Town Names
- Should Struggling Cities Be Renamed?
- Amazing Songs from the First Half of 2019
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Tag Archives: wind
A devilish and delicate delight to see
The first time I recall seeing a dust devil was in the Palouse Region of Washington State back in 2003. They were quite common on the arid rolling landscape and captivated all of our attention and intrigue. This past Saturday … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, climate change, environment, geography, land use, nature, Outer Space, seasons, weather
Tagged climate, dust deviles, environment, Mars, nature, outer space, Palouse, snow devils, weather, whirlwinds, wind
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Now is NOT the time to relent – fossil fuels are still fossil fuels
Given the ongoing North American oil production boom, there will no doubt be a tendency by those without any foresight (and in Big Oil) to push for scaling back incentives for clean, renewable energy resources like wind and solar; funding … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative energy, bicycling, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, consumerism, culture, economic development, Economy, education, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, government, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, planning, politics, pollution, psychology, Renewable Energy, spatial design, sustainability, technology, transportation, urban planning
Tagged alternative energy, biomass, editorial, energy, environment, history, oil, opinion, politics, pollution, solar, wind
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“Timepiece of the heartland”
A poem I wrote in 1996 about one visual, but disappearing aspect of the Great Plains – the farm windmills. Timepiece of the Heartland Time is an abstract wonder Both cyclical and seasonal But in our nation’s heartland It’s measured … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, climate change, culture, energy, environment, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, North America, placemaking, Poem, tourism, Travel
Tagged Great Plains, poems, water, weather, wind, windmills
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We have so much energy in US
Why in heaven’s name are we still sending our sons and daughters halfway around the planet to die for oil? There are so many existing and emerging energy options available that is total folly to keep following the fallacies of … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative energy, economics, Environment, politics
Tagged Afghanistan, alternative energy, big oil, oil, solar, wind
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