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Texas Will Get Billions for Environmental Projects from $1.2T Infrastructure Bill, from Clean Water to EV Charging to Public Transit » Dallas Innovates

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 7, 2021 by stlaneDecember 7, 2021

$550 billion in new infrastructure spending is coming to projects nationwide—and a big slice is bound for Texas. From new electric buses to rail projects to improved power infrastructure to lead water service line removal and more, Texas’ environment may … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Living Wage, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Mitigation and Adaptation | Solutions – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 7, 2020 by stlaneMay 7, 2020

Responding to Climate Change NASA is a world leader in climate studies and Earth science. While its role is not to set climate policy or prescribe particular responses or solutions to climate change, its purview does include providing the robust … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability Metrics | Tagged Mitigation and Adaptation | Leave a reply

San Antonio to Combat ‘Climate Emergency’ with New Action Plan

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 4, 2019 by stlaneNovember 4, 2019

One of America’s highest Latino-populated cities now has a strategy to address the climate crisis. Earlier this month, the San Antonio (64% Latino) City Council passed Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) by a 10-1 vote. It outlines objectives that … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Net Zero Buiilding, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Moss-growing concrete absorbs CO2, insulates and is also a vertical garden

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 23, 2019 by stlaneOctober 23, 2019

Sustainability has always been a game of catch up. The current energy production and construction trends mean that sustainability researchers have to come up with clever ways to lower emissions. Researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona have … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Earthen Construction, Energy Efficiency, New Tech, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Fee-dividend climate plan right balance

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 10, 2019 by stlaneOctober 28, 2019

How to solve the political paradox of climate change? While most Americans accept that man-made climate change is real, they are divided about what to do in response to it and how urgently to take action. Recent polling from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Climate Change Poses Major Risks to Financial Markets, Regulator Warns

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 12, 2019 by stlaneJune 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — A top financial regulator is opening a public effort to highlight the risk that climate change poses to the nation’s financial markets, setting up a clash with a president who has mocked global warming and whose administration has … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, Investing & Finance, Renewable Energy, Resilience | Leave a reply

Where Batteries are Replacing Power Plants

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 22, 2019 by stlaneJuly 24, 2019

A curious thing recently happened in Southern California. One of the largest utilities in the country scrapped a proposal to build a new peaker plant, opting instead to build a battery system that could store excess electricity from solar and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

The Plan to Grab the World’s Carbon With Supercharged Plants

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 28, 2019 by stlaneMay 6, 2019

In humanity’s battle against man-made climate change, the Earth itself provides one of the most important weapons, a natural system that breathes in Earth-warming CO2 and exhales oxygen. Yes, I’m talking about plants, engineered by nature itself over the course … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Biomimicry, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Fertilizers, Food, Food Policy, Food Security, Food, Farms & Gardens, Permaculture, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife

What Laws Work Best to Cut Plastic Pollution?

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 22, 2019 by stlaneMarch 22, 2019

Experts have recommended how the United States can drastically curb the use of throwaway plastics with new federal legislation. Read more about how do you solve a problem this big? What Works There are currently no federal laws restricting single-use … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Plastic Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability | Leave a reply

Where Will Your Plastic Trash Go Now That China Doesn’t Want It?

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 15, 2019 by stlaneMarch 15, 2019

What should wealthy countries do with their plastic waste now that China no longer is buying it? For years, America sold millions of tons of used yogurt cups, juice containers, shampoo bottles and other kinds of plastic trash to China … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Job Creation, New Tech, Plastic Pollution, Reduce Reuse & Recycle, Resilience, Sustainability | Leave a reply

An Open Letter To Be the Change and Lead the Change

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 3, 2019 by stlaneMarch 3, 2019

Whale blubber and buggy whips were once fine industries, but progress moved us away. And today we know the days are over of a false choice between environmental protection and economic growth. Since when did the simple concept of leaving … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Earthen Construction, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fianance & Fundraising, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Living Wage, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

The Nubian Vault: An ecological housing solution

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 3, 2019 by stlaneMarch 3, 2019

A housing solution for big cities as well as rural areas, Nubian vaults have become popular in the region of Boromo and have spread across five other regions. And a large market for Nubian vaults has emerged in big cities … Continue reading →

Posted in Building, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Earthen Construction, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Residential Building, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

Progress and Sustainability Are Intertwined

SustainableSA.com Posted on February 19, 2019 by stlaneFebruary 2, 2023

History shows whale blubber and buggy whips were once fine industries but progress moved us to better things. And through progress today we know the days are well over of a false choice between environmental protection and economic growth. Similarly, … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Why Detroit Residents Pushed Back Against Tree-Planting

SustainableSA.com Posted on January 25, 2019 by stlaneJanuary 28, 2021

Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them. The residents Carmichael surveyed understood the benefits of having trees in urban environments—they provide shade and … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Communication & Public Relations, Doing Something, Economic Development, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Wildlife | Leave a reply

What Minimum-Wage Foes Got Wrong About Seattle – Bloomberg

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 30, 2018 by stlaneJanuary 8, 2019

A living wage is part of a sustainable economy. The dire warnings about minimum-wage increases keep proving to be wrong. So much so that in a new paper, the authors behind an earlier study predicting a negative impact have all … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Job Creation, Living Wage, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability | Leave a reply

For San Antonio’s Water and Energy Utilities, Collaboration Leads to Conservation

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 12, 2018 by stlaneOctober 12, 2018

Great article at The Rivard Report on the excellent steps toward building smarter more efficient electric and water grids! Is it time to look at how SAWS and CPS can partner to install water pipes that generate electricity? Portland did … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Energy Efficiency, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Pocacito (Post-Carbon Cities of Tomorrow) in San Antonio

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 1, 2018 by stlaneOctober 1, 2018

From Deleration.news: "Because much of the official discussion and implementation of the circular economy has taken place from the top down, on the level of governments and industries, we were most interested to hear about local, bottom-up, and community-driven efforts … Continue reading →

Posted in Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized | Leave a reply

Companies with cleaner, smarter energy use outperform their peers

SustainableSA.com Posted on September 27, 2018 by stlaneSeptember 27, 2018

Companies committed to 100% renewable electricity are more profitable than their peers – a new report by the RE100 draws on financial data from 3,500 businesses underlining the business case for putting sustainability at the heart of corporate growth strategies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy | Leave a reply

San Antonio ranks 6th in U.S. solar

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 9, 2018 by stlaneApril 9, 2018

The Alamo City — which was in eighth place last year — now has 161 megawatts of direct current solar power installed, according to the latest Shining Cities report from Environment America. The numbers are through the end of 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Job Creation, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Meet the Satellites That Can Pinpoint Methane and Carbon Dioxide Leaks – Scientific American

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 14, 2018 by stlaneMarch 14, 2018

We have many ways of measuring methane and CO2 levels. When we measure it we can manage it…if we really want to know and manage it. Polluters can’t hide anymore. Source: Meet the Satellites That Can Pinpoint Methane and Carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

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