P-com Living Green http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green RSS Feed for P-com Living Green en-us Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:54:29 GMT Inquirer Editorial: Railway tunnel plans will help the area bloom http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20120217_Inquirer_Editorial__Railway_tunnel_plans_will_help_the_area_bloom.html There's something irresistibly fascinating about the contrast created when a flower blooms atop a pile of rubble. That may be why a proposal to build a park along three miles of abandoned railroad beds, alternately running over and under the ground, is so intriguing. New Jersey study says taxing plants for carbon emissions creates jobs http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20120216_New_Jersey_study_says_taxing_plants_for_carbon_emissions_creates_jobs.html Taxing power plants for their carbon emissions doesn't kill jobs, it creates them, according to a report issued Wednesday by a New Jersey environmental policy group. Trash talkin' at high school http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/139508347.html Students from West Chester’s Henderson High will get down and dirty this afternoon as the school’s Environmental Club holds its first Great Trash Party from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. What is this, Amsterdam? http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/What-is-this-Amsterdam.html Philly's becoming a biker's city. 27 N.J. sites could have been on cleanup list http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20120216_27_N_J__sites_could_have_been_on_cleanup_list.html While New Jersey has long been saddled with the dubious distinction of having the most toxic waste sites on the Superfund National Priorities List, it might have been a lot worse. Book of the Week: Prince Charles on farming and food http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/Book-of-the-Week-Prince-Charles-on-farming-and-food.html The setting was a conference about the future of food at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. As the keynote speaker began to talk, people in the room took special note, and not just because they were listening to by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. And now, that May 4, 2011, speech has been reprinted as a book, "The Prince’s Speech: On the Future of Food." City: Let tree-dom ring http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20120214_City__Let_tree-dom_ring.html AT HIS inauguration party, Mayor Nutter rapped with The Roots, and today he's branching out to offer 4,000 free trees to Philadelphians in shade-challenged neighborhoods. Delaware dredging appears more likely http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/Delaware-dredging-appears-more-likely.html Microscopic mountains http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20120213_Microscopic_mountains.html As anyone with a laptop or cellphone knows, battery life has made great strides over the years, but has plenty of room for improvement. To reclaim an old railway from above and beneath http://www.philly.com/philly/living/green/20120212_To_reclaim_an_old_railway_from_above_and_beneath.html In the subterranean shadows, the models scurry at the sound of people tromping their way. They won't say why they chose this abandoned SEPTA tunnel for a fashion shoot, though the cavernous space does offer a darkly glamorous backdrop.