Patrick James
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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Want to Raise Young Leaders? Don't Hand Out Rewards So Easily
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People Are Awesome: Man Embarks on Year of Random Kindnesses
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
You'll be hearing a lot about how much money gas companies are making in the next few days. To put things in perspective a little more, only...
There is more and more talk of the U.S. returning to a coal-based energy economy, with very little seeming to actually be done about it....
Have rising gas prices actually made a difference in driving habits? Apparently, they have. Sort of. People are driving less, but more gas is...
Where does your money go when you pay for a gallon of gas? How much money are oil companies making? What affects the price of gas in the United...
Last summer, as gas prices seemed like they would never stop rising, there was a trumpeting of statistics that people were saving money by taking...
Overthinking It has a thought-provoking chart (view at full size here) that pits the declining quality of rock music against the declining amount...
Crude Blogging We're running out of oil, but search for the phrase "peak oil" on the websites of 31 major U.S. newspapers, and you'll get a...
We're all familiar with the idea of peak oil-the point at which our oil production will start declining forever. But that's not the only thing...
Happy Fossil Fools Day! A day to "celebrate" the leaders of politic and industry who are foolishly (or greedily) still promoting, fighting...
In a move that should break the hearts the "drill baby, drill" crowd, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that the United States is...
Wondering where to direct your anger at the lack of climate legislation? Look no further than Rolling Stone's list of "the 17 polluters and...
The end of last week brought a flurry of news about energy and climate concerns-fuel efficiency standards, new mountaintop removal mining rules,...
Which states get hit hardest by high gas prices? The rural ones. From Reuters: The five states that are most vulnerable to the higher fuel prices...
This nice infographic from the NYT shows gas prices around the nation and where they're taking the biggest toll. It looks like people in...
On the heels of my post about gas prices and rural America, here's a map showing how much people would be spending on gas if prices spiked to 2008...
Hybrids used to be the domain of starry-eyed idealists and kooky environmentalists. But, as gas prices rise and as car manufacturers throw...
Not only does gas cost $500 a gallon (this is an exaggeration, nowhere in America has gas even reached the $100 a gallon mark), but according...
The U.S. Department of Transportation released their report on America's driving habits in 2008 last week. Overall it's pretty dry, but the chart...
Back in 2007, everyone was talking about the "pain at the pump." But did that change what people drive? This infographic by Chris Svetlik looks at...
Like the idea of biking to work but hate those hills on your commute? Los Angeles's Derringer Cycles has come up with a solution.
