Most Huggable: Idiot Winds in New York, Green Must Reads, and Plasticized Oceans
by Team Treehugger, Worldwide on 06. 6.07
A New York Times op-ed slams the state’s plans to take wind farms up to the next level…
Lighter Footstep wrangles up the top ten green sites you should be reading…
A product designed around Wal-Mart’s minimal packaging standards takes an award…
Is the Texas-sized island of plastic floating in the ocean a reality?
Is Bush’s climate plan the real deal, or a dangerous diversion?
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In re Upstate New York:
Upstate New Yorkers are habitually angry that state water-quality laws, enacted for the benefit of New York City, inhibit development in their backyards. However, their sometimes legitimate concerns have been expertly exploited and irritated by political operatives working for hyper-development interests. When given half a chance, these speciali interests gleefully pave over these same beautiful vistas with Super Wal Marts and casnios.
Attacking the aesthetics of a wind farm, which is likely to promote REAL economic innovation, should probably come after attacking the aggressive pro-development factions that are rapidly urbanizing a lot of pristine land upstate, while allowing continued rot in established urban centers like Syracuse, Rochester, Utica, Schnectady, and Buffalo.
Rob, high five!