Category: Environment
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Entropy & Engineering
Hans Noeldner and the principles of hydraulic engineering applied to our transportation system.
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Unobtanium Discovered in Afghanistan!
Now we’ve got enough Unobtainium — er, Lithium — to keep us in Priuses forever. And yet another reason to stay at war forever.
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‘Sleeper’ items on Tuesday Council Agenda: Before the Pave, the Pipe
Below is an excellent little analysis of a couple of items destined to be rubber stamped by our paving council this evening. This comes from a small local listserv*: On just about every City Council Agenda you’ll find ‘sleeper’ items — seemingly innocuous — but which have huge implications in future. Twenty-or forty-years from now,…
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Madison Water Utility to Deliver Brown Water to Eastside Taps this Summer
Tuesday evening, 5/25/2010, the Water Utility Board will be meeting: 4:30 PM WATER UTILITY BOARD 119 E. OLIN AVE. ROOMS A & B (pdf of agenda here) Though the topic is not on the agenda, eastsiders are concerned about the Utility’s plans to open the spigot on Well 8 this summer. This is the well that…
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CARPC Comes Through for Clean Water
Capitol Area Regional Plan Commission really came through for clean water in Dane County. (See message below from Stefi Harris.) Many thanks to Western Dane County Coalition for Smart Growth & Environment and CRANES for all of their advocacy & research on this. And it even looks like Falk even kind of stuck her neck…
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Green Collar Job Symposium, Saturday May 1 — Tomorrow
Green Collar Job Symposium, Saturday May 1, Madison Labor Temple, 1602 South Park Street, 9:30 – 5:30.
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How Bad Planning Reduces IQ…and Pay
Denser cities do better economically. Why? Because they bring people together, through proximity & design.
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City of Verona Set to Destroy Class II Trout Fishery
Once again, the Western Dane County Coalition for Smart Growth and Environment has an excellent analysis of how yet another new sprawl development will harm our water resources. 4-5-10 To: Capital Area Regional Planning Commission (CARPC) Members From: Western Dane Coalition for Smart Growth and Environment (WDC/SGE) Re: City of Verona Urban Service Area (USA)…
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Americans Ditching Deathmobiles in Droves
Americans scrapped more cars than they bought over the past 15 years — Wooooooh-Hooooo!!!!!