If we all live longer and longer, what effect does that have on our eco-system? It’s a serious question, and one raised recently at a conference sponsored by New West, the Missoula, Mont., media company. Bottom line -- more people, more old people, fewer children, more people in the urban centers and fewer people in the suburban fringe. Conferencers also reported more widespread adoption of green and sustainable building practices. For more see http://bit.ly/kq8O6 The Boise Statesman interviewed one of the conference experts and saw this outcome, a doubling of the population in the Snake River corridor from Idaho Falls to Ontario over the next 40 years, and a $400 billion construction boom between now and 2050. The 350-mile stretch could become a series of metro areas stitched together by freeway and rail. Read their report at http://bit.ly/8jf8WClimate Concessions The Colorado Independent’s Mike Lillis is reporting this morning that the deal House lawmakers reached last night on their sweeping proposal to tackle climate change includes concessions to polluting industry that would be affected by the proposal. The concession – the USDA , not the EPA, would be allowed to oversee the offset program under tentative provisions of the legislation, a moves that's seen as weakening the deal. The House is scheduled to vote on the deal Friday. http://bit.ly/4TFkP
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