Do you have an old, energy-hogging refrigerator or freezer plugged in at your home, garage or shed? Avista wants to know and if so, they say you could be spending up to $100 a year on electricity just to keep it running. It's time to…
Good news from Sun People Dry Goods Co.: They are announcing the launch of one of Spokane’s first complementary currencies, Sunshine Dollars. The term complementary currency describes a currency that exists as a supplement to our national money. According to the International Journal of Community…
I'm a little late to this party but if you pick up the June issue of The Atlantic - which I will always call the Atlantic Monthly - check out "Leave It To Beavers," an article about the environmental benfits of beavers which mentions our…
Is congestion pricing fair? from Lewis on Vimeo. Little background: Lewis Lehe, a former math and economics student makes graphs and charts for the steel industry. He also is into films about congestion pricing that are funny and informative.
The EPA does stand for Environmental Protection Agency, after all. But today, there was a win for clean air and common sense when the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled the EPA does indeed have the authority to regulate carbon pollution…
At last week's City Council meeting, the big news was the unanimous vote for the Coal Train resolution. Another significant item on the docket that night was a contract to construct traffic calming projects funded by dollars collected through the City's Red Light program. It…
According to a February 2012 survey, Holland has an estimated 16 million bicycles, about one for each Dutch resident. Only 10 percent of Dutch residents are obese. Meanwhile, obesity statistics for the United States are, by wide margins, the highest in the world. In 2010,…
I wonder if somewhere Ron Swanson is smiling. According to the Spokane Parks Board, in 2013 the City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department will be facing an estimated 5.5% budget reduction of approximately one million dollars. They need you to participate in the process.…
I can't think of a better way to celebrate the solstice than to head to Summer Parkways tonight. This is the second and final Summer Parkways event for 2012 and the party goes from 6-9 PM at the Comstock/Manito Neighborhood. You can view a map…
This is a belated post but the Spokane Riverkeeper put together a nice collection of interviews with people in Spokane telling their clean water stories at Earth Day 2012. It's all part of the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Spokane Riverkeeper's year long Defending Clean Water…
As you may know, coal companies in Montana and Wyoming have been trying to export hundreds of millions of tons of coal from ports in Washington. In the proposal, Spokane could see 50 extra mile-and-a-half long, uncovered coal trains rumbling through our community every single…
“The history of this country is so much a history of the culture of rivers. ... Rivers are a deep sentimental part of American lore. On the one hand, there is this almost religious and eschatological dimension to the idea of a river in American…
This is the reason America leads in the world in health care costs. Click here to view a larger version of the food consumption infographic. The image comes from Visual Economics and combines data from sources such as the USDA, FDA, and CDC. According to…
Yikes! Who needs The Onion anymore when madness like this gets attention. But thanks to Jess Zimmerman at Grist for calling out Daren Jonescu, a conservative blogger at the appropriately titled American Thinker. He believes he has uncovered a the Obama Administration's secret plot to…
Did you know that twenty pedestrians and bicyclists are hit in Spokane County every month? Today, the City of Spokane announced they're expanding Stickman Knows, our local bicycle, pedestrian, and motorist safety campaign with the latest message: “Don’t compete. Share the street.” As you go…
This is a much longer quote than usual but it’s well worth it. Below is the text of a commencement speech by Blessed Unrest author Paul Hawken at the University of Portland from May 3rd in 2009. It’s incredibly moving and a clarion call for…
Can you believe the coal industry has such deeply passionate volunteers? They're so inspired, they will even show up at EPA hearings to advocate against carbon standards. If you find it hard to believe, check this photo. An unnamed coal industry group posted an ad…
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