Tag: Washington Dc
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New Study Confirms That Walkability Increases Property Values
Across the country, people are voting with their feet as walkable communities become the most desirable places to live.
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Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei has a New Work Made out of Old Chinese Temples
This brave and controversial artist has a new piece in Washington that is a statement about destruction and the state.
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What's the Big Deal on Big Data?
The US federal government announced a big bet on big data today. What is Big Data, what does the government have to do with it, and where could this lead?
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Jessica Capshaw Calls on Moms to Protect Air Pollution Ruling
The actress has a new video for Moms Clean Air Force urging parents to support the new Mercury and Air Toxics Ruling.
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DC Considers Community "Solar Gardens" and Shared Solar Arrays
Live in a condo but want to go solar? New legislation in DC aims to make sharing solar arrays a real possibility.
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Books Recycled Into Decorative Tower in Washington Museum
Is this the future of printed books, to be turned into architectural fittings?
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Anti-Environment Talk Is Spoiling The Republican Brand, Alienating Independent Voters
Name calling in the face of real danger holds little appeal for most voters.
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On The Case For Saving Ugly Buildings
Who you calling ugly? Saving buildings isn't about cuteness
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Mitt Romney's Energy Plan: Boost Big Oil, Slash Environmental Protections
The man favored to win the GOP nomination would cozy up to fossil fuels and continue the Republican assault on the GOP.
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Do Tea Party, Heritage Foundation Oppose Hunting?
It would seem so, given that these groups want to cut the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) by almost 90%.
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Will Congress Stop Spending $860,000 Annually on Bottled Water?
According to Corporate Accountability International, the House of Representatives spends at least $860,000 on bottled water a year. That's almost $2,000 for each representative.
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DOE Installs Cool Roof, Saves Taxpayers $2,000 in Energy Costs
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the completion of a new 25,000-square-foot cool roof on the Department of Energy's headquarters west building in Washington, DC. The design added no extra cost to the roof
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Fox Scours Capitol Hill for a Fair and Balanced Meal
It's easy to liken Washington DC to a jungle, full of donkeys and elephants, hawks and doves, and more than enough pork to feed them all -- but when they head home for recess, that's when the real wildlife comes out to play. On the grounds of Capitol
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McCarthyism By Email: Fomenting Fear Of Environmentalists and Tea Partiers Alike
Environmentalists in Pennsylvania may have more in common with the "Tea Party" crowd than they might like to admit. Both have been similarly spied on and reported to PA
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Asian Elephants Get a New Home at the Smithsonian National Zoo
If you've been to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. lately, you may have noticed that they've been working on the first stage of their "Elephant Trails" project- a bold initiative to
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It Is Time To Go Beyond Transit And Get Multi-Modal Planning
In most of North America, we think that "Transit Oriented Development" is a great step forward over the auto-centric development of the last sixty years. Architect and Professor Roger K. Lewis suggests in the Washington
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Eat This House: U. Of Maryland Designs Dwelling with Edible Wall
Look out Bob Vila. University of Maryland students have turned "This Old House" on its head, and created a home that features an edible wall, and runs on sun, wind, rain and wastes. Let's hope the wastes are no where near
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UPDATED: BP Executive Told Congress That Offshore Drilling Has Been "Safe And Protective Of Environment"
This BP representative probably was correct was way off base in his Congressional testimony, made back in November of 2009, that offshore oil drilling in the Gulf has a long history of being "safe." What he did not mention is that his company,
