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Jim Kunstler on The Triumph Of The City: Dream On

11:39 am in Design & Architecture, james howard kunstler, oil dependency, urban design, urban life by TreeHugger

city of future image Image Credit Modern Mechanix Edward Glaeser in Triumph of the City and David Owen in Green Metropolis both posit that the greenest place to live is the big city, and the bigger the better. I have disagreed:
I think that one can have too much density and rely on supply chains for food and water that are too long and too complex. There is a...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Greenpeace Executive Director Kumi Naidoo Arrested Taking Action Against Arctic Oil Drilling (video)

5:55 pm in arctic, Business & Politics, News, oil dependency, oil spill by TreeHugger

kumi-cairn.jpeg photo via greenpeace After scaling the Cairn oil rig Leiv Eiriksson off the coast of Greenland and enduring a water cannon, Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo was arrested Friday and taken into custody. Kumi's brave action came after repeated calls from Greenpeace for Cairn to produce its oil spill response plan which it has thus far refused to do. Kumi carried with him the names of 50,000 people who have asked Cairn to stop exploratory drilling in the Arctic. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Césped Artificial: Lobbying For Big Oil, Hispanic Style

9:00 am in alberta canada, Business & Politics, government policy, oil dependency, tranportation, usa by TreeHugger

easigrass astroturf van photo A van covered in Astroturf, just off Brixton Road. Image credit:Flickr, victoriapeckham Gulf coast refinery operators are excited to get that Alberta Tar Sands oil down their way, via pipeline. The US State Department has been intensely lobbied to approve the international boundary crossing needed to get the 2,000 mile pipeline built. The decision will be all about business. Refiners naturally would prefer to bring the tar sands oil to existing operations and related infrastructure in Texas and Louisiana. That way they can take advantage of ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Césped Artificial: Lobbying The Obama Administration For Big Oil, Hispanic Style

9:00 am in alberta canada, Business & Politics, government policy, oil dependency, tranportation, usa by TreeHugger

easigrass astroturf van photo A van covered in Astroturf, just off Brixton Road. Image credit:Flickr, victoriapeckham Gulf coast refinery operators are excited to get that Alberta Tar Sands oil down their way, via pipeline. The US State Department has been intensely lobbied to approve the international boundary crossing needed to get the 2,000-mile, north-south pipeline built. The final government decision will be all about business. Refiners naturally would prefer to bring the tar sands oil south, to existing operations and related infrastructure in Texas and Louisiana. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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