{"id":237,"date":"2012-01-19T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T14:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/?p=237"},"modified":"2012-01-19T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T14:20:48","slug":"the-environmental-blog-one-stop-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/2012\/01\/19\/the-environmental-blog-one-stop-information\/","title":{"rendered":"The Environmental Blog &#8211; One Stop Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While there\u00a0are many websites claiming to be environmental blogs, there is only one that can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theenvironmentalblog.org\/transit\/\">THE environmental blog<\/a>. While discussing\u00a0a range of environmental issues, I found the transit section of the website to be especially diverse in the scope of its topics. This is promising,\u00a0as the blog\u00a0aims to present\u00a0a variety of information\u00a0about road\u00a0and rail, ranging from\u00a0academic studies to government plans, or the latest green technologies to tips for greener living. The blog is run by\u00a0a small group of contributors with expertise in their respective fields.<\/p>\n<p>Given the diversity of topics, citations in each of their posts can lead readers to easily explore ideas of interest in more detail. Even though the diversity of topics is so wide, the specific but varied nature of the posts don&#8217;t make it seem to broad of\u00a0a blog. Rather, the frequent updates make it\u00a0a wealth of information that viewers can search for whatever particular interests they may have.\u00a0The information is\u00a0accurate,\u00a0accessible,\u00a0and relevant. People interested in\u00a0any environmental topic will find something worthwhile here.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite post so far? &#8220;Blimps\u00a0are making\u00a0a comeback\u00a0as\u00a0a viable\u00a0alternative to\u00a0airplanes&#8230;&#8221; FINALLY!\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theenvironmentalblog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/future-blimps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there\u00a0are many websites claiming to be environmental blogs, there is only one that can be THE environmental blog. While discussing\u00a0a range of environmental issues, I found the transit section of the website to be especially diverse in the scope &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/2012\/01\/19\/the-environmental-blog-one-stop-information\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1490,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/roadandrail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}