How Many Products Can You Make from a Tire?
The answer, it seems, it at least three: fuel, metal and mulch. Visit Liberty Tire to find out more about how this Pittsburgh, PA company keeps used tires out of the country’s landfills. Original post
Miscellaneous
Kansas says no to insurance exchange, refuses to comply on HCR
Following a rejection of $31.5 million in funds to build a health insurance exchange, Kansas made it clear yesterday that they will not be complying with federal heath care reform until the US Supreme Court makes a ruling on the constitutionality of the law. Earlier this month, the state was awarded $31.5 million in grantsRead… Read more »
Peer-to-peer carsharing gains traction
Now that carsharing programs like Zipcar have become part of the transportation landscape in major cities and university campuses, several start-ups are taking the concept further. Programs like Getaround and RelayRides are based on the concept of peer-to-peer carsharing, which allows people to rent cars directly from one another. Fast Company took a look atRead… Read more »
Flint proposes solar farm to power alternative fuel facility
Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority (MI) announced plans to build a solar farm to power a new hydrogen, propane, and electric fueling station. “The entire site is going to be one-of-a-kind,” said general manager Ed Benning. “It’s really about sustainability — being able to sustain public transportation over the long haul.” Tuesday’s ground-breaking marked the firstRead… Read more »
Aphorism 55
Archimedes had taken baths before. Quoted by Alistair Croll Original post
Are You Ready for some Football?
Welcome back to the Gov Loop NFL Pool for the 2011-2012 season! No buy-in, no pay-out, no money involved, just bragging rights for the week and a beautiful travel mug prize for most correct picks over the season. Download the weekly pool sheet in the NFL POOL Discussion in The Break Room group, put anRead… Read more »
How Healthy are the Oceans?
We don’t get too many chances to talk about water issues – or at least not as many chances as the topic deserves – and we have even fewer to talk about ocean issues. But a new project to measure the health of the oceans recently caught our attention and we wanted to share itRead… Read more »
Multiples
One of our clients swears the best thing I ever told him was to make a meeting before a scheduled meeting and make one after. As long as you’re in the building/neighborhood/country plan another stop. That means you need a stop-by rationale, tools, and research. However the meetings that create a favorable result are easyRead… Read more »
Upcoming talks, events and other activities
So despite the fact that I only left Vancouver once(!) in August, things have been quite busy. Lots of work. September and onwards is going to be a bear however. Lots of travel so I thought I would lay everything out in case their is overlap with readers, friends and/or clients who might be interestedRead… Read more »
A few political law links for Tuesday, Aug. 30
FEC MEETING. The Federal Election Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday and the meeting agenda is online here. BACHMANN BOOK. Roll Call. “Several of Bachmann’s opponents for the GOP presidential nomination — including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), former Georgia Gov. Newt Gingrich and Rep. RonRead… Read more »