Report: Virginia Growth Means More Greenhouse Gas Emissions
posted 9:33 am Thu December 13, 2007 - Charlottesville, Va.
The Southern Environmental Law Center report said roughly 180 acres are developed daily in Virginia. That's the equivalent of converting a farm each day into highways, parking lots, strip malls and subdivisions. The Charlottesville nonprofit group also said transportation is the fastest-growing source of carbon dioxide emissions. Transportation-related emissions increased 31 percent between 1990 and 2004.
Nearly 10 million residents are expected to call Virginia home by 2030. The report said that will mean more homes and development patterns that put more people in cars.Information from: The Virginian-Pilot, http://www.pilotonline.com
Latest Comment on Report: Virginia Growth Means More Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Tuckmeister
3:37 pm on 12/13/07
It doesn't take a rocket-scientist to figure that one out. Good job Southern Environmental Law Center, you deserve a cookie. Tell us something we already don't know. God, some people just shouldn't BE here......can we do something? Like throw these people in jail for being idiots or something?
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