U.S. Land Use Patterns
Grass, Trees, Etc. - Kinda Cool..
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Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015
The Real Reason U.S. Gas Is So Cheap
American fuel prices are kept down artificially by low gas taxes that fail to address the true social cost of driving. This national refusal to increase gas taxes—which have gone unchanged at the federal level since 1993. Most first-world countries paid at least double what America did then, just as they do today.
This “budget gap” has two enormous impacts on everyday life. The first is that drivers no longer cover the cost of road and bridge maintenance, as the gas tax originally intended.
The far bigger problem is that America's gas taxes are too low to offset what economists call the "externalities" of driving these are the negative social impacts that aren't being compensated for: personal time and work productivity lost to traffic congestion, lives lost to car crashes, health risks created by air pollution, etc.
This “budget gap” has two enormous impacts on everyday life. The first is that drivers no longer cover the cost of road and bridge maintenance, as the gas tax originally intended.
The far bigger problem is that America's gas taxes are too low to offset what economists call the "externalities" of driving these are the negative social impacts that aren't being compensated for: personal time and work productivity lost to traffic congestion, lives lost to car crashes, health risks created by air pollution, etc.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Electronic Waste - Where Does It Go?
The Global Trade in Electronic Waste
The worldwide flow of electronic waste and hazardous materials
Interactive Map >
Hazardous Waste
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
The Health Benefits of Trees
Air Pollution Removal by Trees
It is becoming increasingly clear that trees help people live longer, healthier, happier lives—to the tune of $6.8 billion in averted health costs annually in the U.S., according to research published this week. And we're only beginning to understand the nature and magnitude of their tree-benevolence.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
USA Carbon Footprint: Cities vs. Suburbs
Yikes!! America's urban centers are locked inside vast rings of emissions-spewing suburban sprawl.
According
to a new study, population-dense cities contribute less greenhouse-gas
emissions per person than other areas of the country, but these cities’
extensive suburbs essentially wipe out the climate benefits. Berkely Article >
Carbon footprints
Check out the Interactive U.S. Map >
Beefing Up Population Density Won't Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Our suburbs are responsible for 50 percent of America's household emissions – twice as much as their urban counterparts.
City dwellers tend to have smaller carbon footprints than their suburban neighbors. They use more public transportation and live in smaller abodes, whereas folks in the suburbs own more vehicles, have bigger homes, and enjoy larger household incomes. Article >
Carbon footprints
Check out the Interactive U.S. Map >
Beefing Up Population Density Won't Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Our suburbs are responsible for 50 percent of America's household emissions – twice as much as their urban counterparts.
City dwellers tend to have smaller carbon footprints than their suburban neighbors. They use more public transportation and live in smaller abodes, whereas folks in the suburbs own more vehicles, have bigger homes, and enjoy larger household incomes. Article >
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Earth Pulse - Vital Statistics
Vital Statistics
- Map and compare global trends -
Check this one out - it is pretty amazing!
Population, Resources, Deforestation, Political Migration and More...
Map and compare global trends.
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