Good morning Spokane. Before you head out the door, ponder these figures.Sightline has collected a study on how residents in the Northwest get to work and some of the numbers are slightly encouraging. When compared to other cities in the region, Spokane got number nine…
The photos are coming in by the minute over at 350.org from all over the world and I'm about to ride up to Heron Pond Farms. However, this morning I thought I would share a different kind of video for 10.10.10, the classic Power Of…
As a young environmentalist, I fought global warming with words, writing what’s often called the first general-interest volume on climate change. It became an international bestseller, published in 24 languages. But it flopped as a piece of social activism, doing virtually nothing to slow the…
My new obsession: Transportation Alternatives in New York City. This is a hip, three-pronged advocacy approach that covers bicycles, pedestrian, and public transit. The organizations looks at striking a "smarter balance for all road users; one that mandates only a minimum of automobile traffic is…
A presidential commission said the Obama Administration blocked the worst estimates for the BP spill, underestimated the size, and was not prepared for the use of dispersants. As expected, the response from the White House has been denial. Jeff Kruger at Time magazine has a…
Yesterday I mentioned local events taking part in 350's 10/10/10. This Sunday I hope you can join me in a bike ride to Heron Pond Farms for Farm Potluck for the Climate. At 10:30am, meet me at the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center at 29th and…
On Monday there was an accident between a bicyclist and minivan on 4th ave and Lincoln. I was stunned by the amount of vitriolic comments and the fact this story made it to the In Brief section. Shallow Cogitations posted on the incident and at…
How many of you remember 350 Day from last October? I do. Quite well. In fact, I spent much time fighting off climate skeptics on this blog. To rewind, around the world, the the climate action day was a success: 181 countries came together for…
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, not the one in Post Falls. The most famouse residence in America plans to get greener with Energy Secretary Steven Chu announcing today solar panels will be installed by spring 2011 on top of the White House to heat water and provide…
Alberta alone represents the second-largest oil reserve in the world, after Saudi Arabia from their catstrophic tar sands production. It is literally the dirtiest oil in the planet, emitting three times the greenhouse gas emissions as conventional oil and gas production for low quality crude,…
October is here. It’s colder. The days are shorter. And it’s the time for political action. For every Another Green Monday leading up to November 2nd, I will write about what’s on your ballot. There are too many initiatives this year but I’ll do what…
Don't be fooled. This is not a Tim Note endorsement. Ta-da! Below is one of the new bike racks on East Sprague. Dig the design. They were purchased by the East Sprague Business Alliance, who are working to improve the neighborhood, recognizing it as the…
Rolling Stone: James Hansen, the NASA scientist who is perhaps the most respected authority on global warming, says that climate change is the predominant moral issue of the 21st century, comparable to slavery faced by Lincoln and the response to Nazism faced by Churchill. Do…