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Celebrating Kindness on the Subway

5:03 am in artist, Cars & Transportation, community development, Culture & Celebrity, transportaton by TreeHugger

st paul photo Photo: B. Alter The artist Michael Landy is out to improve the civility on subways. For the past few months he has been encouraging commuters to commit "Acts of Kindness" by submitting short stories of kindness that they have seen or experienced on the Central line of the London subway system. Some of the resulting stories and comments have now been posted on the walls of the subway platforms and they are quite touching. Kind of renews one's faith in human nature. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Most US Nuclear Plant Neighbors Pleased With Safety

10:43 pm in Business & Politics, community development, electricity, government policy, nuclear power by TreeHugger

unsurveyed nuclear neighborhood photo Un-surveyed nuclear neighborhood. Image credit:NASA Earth Observatory The US nuclear industry recently commissioned a nationwide survey of adults living within 10 miles of 64 U.S. nuclear power plants. A total of 1,152 full-time residents were surveyed, excluding households where someone worked at a power plant. Of those surveyed "86 percent have a favorable impression of the nearby nuclear power plant " and two-thirds said it would be "...acceptable to add a new reactor at the site of the nearest nuclear power plant..." ...Read the full story on TreeHugger