Medellín, Colombia used to be the murder capital of the world. With the explosion of the global drug trade in the 1980s, crime burgeoned, plunging the city into a state of lawlessness. Slum communities, stacked up along the perilous slopes of the surrounding Aburrá Valley, were on the front lines of the violence and mayhem.But today, Medellín is transformed.
In a time where sports cars are fitted with rockets and deployed to Mars it seems appropriate to cover some news about space invaders too. Sorry about the bad joke, but it will become clear in a bit, as naming a particular company SpaceInvader can actually be very meaningful.
The Danish Environmental Economics Council has released its yearly report and it shows that reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are least costly in the agricultural sector.
Wondering how prepared your state is for upcoming changes in climate? If you’re in Texas, you might be in for trouble. This week, Climate Central unveiled the first-ever national analysis of state-level preparedness for climate change-driven, weather-related threats. States at Risk: America’s Preparedness Report Card summarizes the changing nature of key threats and … [continued]
It’s time to declare a clear winner in the rideables space, and it’s not the hoverboard. This is about rideables from a transit perspective, not a toy perspective. Rideables are small, personal electric vehicles. They can be carried onto mass transit or put in car trunks. They enable people to get … [continued]
Originally published on US EIA. The transportation of people and goods accounts for about 25% of all energy consumption in the world. Passenger transportation, in particular light-duty vehicles, accounts for most transportation energy consumption—light-duty vehicles alone consume more than all freight modes of transportation, such as heavy trucks, marine, and … [continued]
Originally published on RMI. By Jonathan Walker, Greg Rucks, Jerry Weiland In the United States each year, our cars alone cost us well over $1 trillion, burn about 2 billion barrels of oil, and emit about 1.5 gigatons of carbon dioxide—one quarter of all U.S. emissions. The indirect societal cost … [continued]
Good news — in the last two years, nearly as many protected bike lanes came into being as were created in the previous 140 years in the United States. News such as this from People for Bikes and the Green Lane Project keeps us positive. With these wonderfully sane and protective lanes, for bicyclist … [continued]
Originally published on ExpertSure. Here are some interesting statistics about how urban dwellers get around today. Americans rode public transportation 10.7 billion times in 2013—the highest number since 1956. Bike commuting is up 60 percent over the past decade, according to the US Census Bureau People are walking 6 percent more than … [continued]
President Barack Obama has just taken unprecedented actions to help coastal communities resist severe impacts of climate change. Anywhere that taxpayer dollars are used to build or protect floodplain development of buildings, roads, and other infrastructure, agencies must now consider current and future flooding risks to alterations and new housing, … [continued]
