Dive Brief: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has updated the city’s Climate Action Plan to require that all new city buildings have a carbon-neutral design. The plan includes guidelines for city-funded affordable housing to be zero net carbon. It also calls for the development of performance standards to decarbonize large buildings, possibly through changes in the city’s zoning codes. […]
Life is Dangerous
“Life is Dangerous” By Gordon Kubanek, CACOR Board of Directors. Could it be that trying to make our lives too safe is actually dangerous? Nobody gets out of here alive Jim Morrison, The Doors Right now I am in the Ottawa Heart Institute awaiting surgery for a new advanced pacemaker. You see 15 years ago […]
Carbon-cutting cities plug in to “electrify everything” movement
As part of the Wisconsin Global Warming Task Force, Bruce Nilles advised homeowners to buy water heaters that burn natural gas to reduce the demand for electricity from coal and keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Fast forward 11 years and Nilles is doing the exact opposite. He’s now touting the use of electricity, […]
It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times
It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it […]
Improve your Mental Health and Stop Voting Strategically !
Improve your Mental Health and Stop Voting Strategically ! “When we develop the right story, and learn how to tell it, it will infect the minds of people across the political spectrum.” George Monbiot Look at this graphic. What do you see? Data Above from the 2015 election I see a bunch of unhappy voters […]