''We must change development patterns to build more walkable communities closer to schools,'' said 1000 Friends of Maryland Executive Director Dru Schmidt-Perkins, releasing the group's Yellow School Bus Blues report on just one ''hidden cost'' of recent sprawl practices statewide, which shows that total school fleet trips in the state's 23 counties have increased between 1992 and 2006 by 23 million miles to 117.2 million, and that combined county busing expenditures have risen from $215 million to $436 million.
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- People who say they do about 30 minutes of jogging, bicycling or swimming a day were twice as likely to maintain a stable weight, a U.S. study found.
From a local Green discussion group:
As the issues of energy and the environment cruise into the consciousness of more Americans, people are looking for ways to help conserve energy and reduce the pollution they produce. Big business has taken notice and is ready to sell you all sorts of stuff to help you
An environmentally and economically sustainable system where resources are kept in the production cycle
WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- On a beautiful, crisp late fall afternoon, rock icon Neil Young took his 1959 Lincoln Continental for one last spin before a team of mechanics ripped out its gas-guzzling engine to make way for an electric motor.
[An interesting YouTube video on Global Warming]
In the past, electric utilities such as BGE were tightly regulated by state laws. You could buy power only from your local utility and only at the price set by the state's Public Service Commission (PSC).
A question came up on where to dispose of Hazardous waste and the only convenient option I have found is Baltimore County