AltWeeklies Wire
You're Not an Environmentalist If You're Also a NIMBYnew
As both Berkeley and Oakland debate their downtown plans, there is growing recognition that the fight against global warming requires greater urban density.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
07-02-2009 |
Environment
California Shows Us How Not to Fight Global Warmingnew
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown are moving forward with new ways of forcing significantly more density upon L.A. and other cities. But the debate is being dominated by the smart-growth movement, unsettling several top global-warming scientists and researchers, who say the sweeping land-use proposals being considered have little basis in science.
L.A. Weekly |
Jill Stewart |
04-18-2008 |
Environment
Are Skyscrapers Really Good for the Environment?new
Density is our hope for long-term survival. At least until peak oil. The problem with these sky-scraping symbols of long-term sustainability, according to an energy expert, is "figuring out how to heat the damn things. If we assume the heat source will be oil," Larry Hughes says, "it's very short-sighted, naive to the extreme."
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Chris Benjamin |
04-14-2008 |
Environment
