According to Steve Doyle of www.al.com, a new report issued Friday, Feb. 26, may point the way for Huntsville to become one of the nation’s most sustainable cities.
According to Doyle, whose article (“Move over Portland”) was posted on the site March 1, the 101-page environmental sustainability blueprint for elected leaders is the product of a year’s work by members of a task force appointed by Rocket City Mayor Tommy Battle. The report contains numerous recommendations, including financial penalties for residents who generate too much garbage, a sales-tax break for locally grown produce and efforts to encourage sustainable construction. Battle, according to Doyle, called the report a “long-term vision” for the city. “It’s going to require the full city getting involved,” Battle said. You can read the report at www.hsvcity.com/green.
Thanks, by the way, to dedicated Green Spacer Nathan Sterett for sending us the link to the al.com piece.
According to Doyle, whose article (“Move over Portland”) was posted on the site March 1, the 101-page environmental sustainability blueprint for elected leaders is the product of a year’s work by members of a task force appointed by Rocket City Mayor Tommy Battle. The report contains numerous recommendations, including financial penalties for residents who generate too much garbage, a sales-tax break for locally grown produce and efforts to encourage sustainable construction. Battle, according to Doyle, called the report a “long-term vision” for the city. “It’s going to require the full city getting involved,” Battle said. You can read the report at www.hsvcity.com/green.
Thanks, by the way, to dedicated Green Spacer Nathan Sterett for sending us the link to the al.com piece.
