Recently I had the benefit of sitting in on lecture about using plants to treat environmental problems. The lecture was given by Dr. Lee A. Newman, who has been conducting research in the area of phytoremediation for the past 16 years. Her work at the University of South Carolina focuses on using plants [...]
James Fallows on China’s Pollution Problem
The arrival of a new Atlantic Monthly is an eagerly awaited event in my household. Well written articles on a variety of domestic and foreign issues, a nice collection of book and entertainment reviews, listings of esoteric current events and a letters section full of inside-the-beltway politicos battling things out in public all generally [...]
Chicago’s Pervious Pavement Alleys
A recent article in the New York Times describes the challenges posed to Chicago by the thousands of small alleys snaking through the city. The nearly 2,000 miles of back alley service streets are an important part of the city infrastructure because they alleviate trash and parking problems on the main, frontage, streets. The [...]