Archive for the 'Environment' Category

Cities and Climate Change

August 8, 2007

My love of cities began in a purely academic and abstract manner; it was an environmental studies class that showed me the impact of our human settlement patterns on our planet.
My complaint against suburban sprawl- and subsequent appreciation for less-developed rural areas and densely developed urban areas- was initially based solely on environmental grounds. [...]

That’s money coming out of your faucet…

March 16, 2007

Want $100? Head over to Haduken.com where Max Power has picked up on Scott Burger & the Green Party’s revolt against Richmond’s regressive “water tax.” Burger is offering $100 to anyone who can find any city in the US (I wonder if counties or other municipalities count?) that “has amore[sic.] regressive minimum water and [...]