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Montgomery’s Green Guide for Residents, Fairfax’s Environmental Agenda, and more Earth Month Highlights
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Read the first and second round-up of Earth Month posts. Region Forward’s third and final week of celebrating Earth Month 2012 featured a collection of green initiatives from some of metro Washington’s largest and smallest jurisdictions. Montgomery County developed an online guide, My Gr
Observations from China on Governance, Sustainability, Future Global Partnership
Friday, April 27th, 2012
This March, Jeff King, a Principal Environmental Planner at MWCOG, and Rick Cole, City Manager at the City of Ventura, California, traveled to the cities of Beijing, Xi'an, and Chongqing in China as part of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) China Center initiative. As p
How to solve our regional and national infrastructure deficit? (Part 2)
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
This is part two of a two-part series on infrastructure funding and financing. Part one highlighted examples of our “infrastructure deficit” as discussed at a recent forum on regional and national infrastructure needs and part two focuses on infrastructure banks as potential ways to help better
How to solve our regional and national infrastructure deficit? (Part 1)
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
In a globalized world, falling behind on infrastructure means falling behind economically. That’s a point we’ve made before here on The Yardstick and it was one of the key messages repeated by leaders at a recent forum on the potential for infrastructure banks to help solve our regional and nati
Global Fridays: Are countries “cheating” to reduce emissions? What role does urban planning play in race relations?
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Happy Friday! To get your weekend off to a great start, here are a few international news clips related to climate change, bike sharing, energy efficiency, and a reminder on the role of land use plays in how people interact with one another: “Very few countries have cut their carbon emissions
Mobilizing Volunteers and Homeowners, Reducing Energy Use, and the 100% Wind Powered City
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Read the first round-up of Earth Month posts here. Week two of Region Forward’s focus on Earth Month featured an abundance of actions by area governments and officials to make metro Washington greener. In Prince William County, residents play an active role in protecting its natural areas thro
Aging vehicles could impact region’s emissions targets
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The average age of all the cars and trucks on Washington area roadways is on the rise, according to a 2011 Transportation Planning Board study of vehicle registration information from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The trend suggests that residents and businesses in the region are
More trees, hybrids, and sustainable plans are making metro Washington greener
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
In our first week of celebrating Earth Month 2012, MWCOG and Region Forward have highlighted several actions and plans that put metro Washington on a path toward a more sustainable future (on Facebook and Twitter). On April 5, one of our region’s most populous jurisdictions announced its tree c