Dennis Allen

San Angelo, Santa Barbara

Author at Santa Barbara Independent

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New Sustainable Building Products

3 weeks ago | independent.com | Dennis Allen

New Sustainable Building Products New, Green Products Can Save Energy and Increase Comfort By Dennis Allen Thu Jun 05, 2025 | 1:00am Add to Favorites Credit: anatoliy_gleb - stock.adobe.com With the backsliding of the current federal government, state governments, local jurisdictions, and private businesses need to do more to forge ahead in addressing climate change. The building industry is a big contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG). It is also conservative and slow to change. Many...
Dense, Walkable Neighborhoods in Santa Barbara

1 month ago | independent.com | Dennis Allen

Dense, Walkable Neighborhoods in Santa Barbara Car-Free Communities Are Happier, Healthier, More Efficient, and Slower-Paced By Dennis Allen Thu May 22, 2025 | 1:00am Add to Favorites Credit: Carsten - stock.adobe.com | Credit: Carsten - stock.adobe.com There has been considerable attention in the media about Culdesac Tempe, a car-free community in Arizona. When fully built out, it will have 1,000 residents living in 700 units. It promotes a lifestyle fostering human interaction rather than...
More Charging Stations than Gasoline Pumps

1 month ago | independent.com | Dennis Allen

More Charging Stations than Gasoline Pumps Efforts to Transform California’s Transportation is Hitting Federal Headwinds By Dennis Allen Thu May 01, 2025 | 1:28am Add to Favorites Credit: kittyfly - stock.adobe.com Last year, California achieved a major milestone in its transition to electric vehicles (EVs) as well as in reaching its goal of banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. The goal reached was that the number of EV charging stations surpassed the number of gas...
Paris Is in the Process of Being Remodeled

2 months ago | independent.com | Dennis Allen

My favorite city in the world is a favorite of many others as well, holding the number-one spot on the global Top 100 City Destinations Index. Paris, in 2024, hosted the summer Olympics, reopened the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral, and was selected as the most attractive city in the world. However, 2024 was not unique, since Paris has topped the Index for the previous four years as well as welcoming more than 70 million visitors annually.
Taxing the Wealthy to Help Nature and the Poor

2 months ago | independent.com | Dennis Allen

Taxing the Wealthy to Help Nature and the Poor Finally, a Consensus on How to Fund Protecting Ecosystems and All Life By Dennis Allen Thu Apr 03, 2025 | 1:09am Add to Favorites Credit: deagreez - stock.adobe.com Within the current framework of increasing global tensions, the nations of the world achieved a rare unity in reaching a landmark agreement to fund the conservation of life — the Kunming-Montreal agreement. For the first time, a global plan to finance the protection of endangered...
Coral Reefs Are Unrivaled in Ecoservices

Mar 13, 2025 | independent.com | Dennis Allen

Coral Reefs Are Unrivaled in Ecoservices Restorative Efforts Are Working but Should Not Be Seen as a Cure-All Solution By Dennis Allen Thu Mar 13, 2025 | 12:12am Add to Favorites Credit: Ievgen Skrypko - stock.adobe.com Why be concerned about coral reefs dying, since they occupy less than one percent of the ocean? It is because they are key nurseries for the ocean, functioning as home to one-third of all marine species. These colorful wonders are like the proverbial “canary in the coal mine,”...
Moving Away from Car Use

Feb 27, 2025 | independent.com | Dennis Allen

Moving Away from Car Use It Takes Courage to Reduce Noise, Pollution, and Traffic Congestion By Dennis Allen Thu Feb 27, 2025 | 2:08am Add to Favorites Credit: Courtesy New York City, after several decades of consideration, false starts, and lawsuits, implemented congestion pricing at the start of the year. Depending on the day and time, tolls for entering Manhattan peak at $9 for cars, more for trucks, and less for smaller vehicles like motorcycles. At the end of the first month, N.Y.C....
California Leads with a Radical Emissions Disclosure Bill

Jan 30, 2025 | independent.com | Dennis Allen

California Leads with a Radical Emissions Disclosure Bill Big Businesses and Investors Want Transparency in Carbon Data Reporting By Dennis Allen Thu Jan 30, 2025 | 12:01am Add to Favorites Credit: maykal - stock.adobe.com The move toward greater corporate transparency for greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG) took a leap forward when California enacted a new law, SB 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act. This emissions disclosure bill, beginning implementation in 2026, will require...
Reducing Chemicals in Mainstream Agriculture

Jan 16, 2025 | independent.com | Dennis Allen

Reducing Chemicals in Mainstream Agriculture Steam-Treated Seeds Protect Human Health and the Environment By Dennis Allen Thu Jan 16, 2025 | 12:08am Add to Favorites Credit: piyaset - stock.adobe.com Since the 1950s, farmers across the world have used chemical treatments of their seeds to protect them from pests, pathogens, and disease. The downside of this practice has been negative impacts on human health and the environment. A new chemical-free treatment, however, has been developed,...
Deconstruction Versus Demolition

Dec 5, 2024 | independent.com | Dennis Allen

Deconstruction Versus Demolition Save Money, Energy, Lots of Materials but Not Time By Dennis Allen Thu Dec 05, 2024 | 12:01am Add to Favorites Close up of sledgehammer blow on brick, plaster. Workman striking devastating blow at remnants of interoom wall against backdrop of table and other plastered walls. | Credit: anatoliy_gleb - stock.adobe.com We live in a throwaway economy. Advertising, built-in obsolescence, and undervaluing labor contribute to this system. Right-to-repair laws are...