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Rooftop solar is just the beginning; utilities must innovate or go extinct
Fights over rooftop solar generally focus on "net metering," but the challenge to utilities is far greater than that, and if they hope to survive, their response must be more ambitious.
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How skyrocketing development in Texas could suck the state dry
The Lone Star State is losing open space faster than any other, and that's bad news for the water cycle.
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U.K. climate activists take divestment to the banks
A new campaign in Britain aims to get banks to stop investing in the fossil fuel industry.
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These conservatives make the case for vibrant cities. Most of their friends ignore them.
A few conservative intellectuals are speaking out against sprawl, and for denser "new urbanist" development. Sadly, their arguments will never gain traction.
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Watch Mark Bittman explain the virtues of fast food
Bittman's new cookbook explains, step-by-step, how to cut all the dilly-dallying out of meal-making.
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Bosco Verticale is Italian for dope urban treehouse
This just in: We no longer have to choose between living in the city or the forest.
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You know it’s good when your biggest transportation problem is too many cyclists
We can learn some things about public transportation from how the Dutch handle their bike traffic jams.
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Clean energy advocates need to speak up if they want black lawmakers to hear them
Why are some African-American lawmakers taking their cues from the fossil-fuel industry? They're not getting the other side of the story.
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Now congressional Republicans are digging through scientists’ grant proposals
Rep. Lamar Smith has launched an aggressive campaign against what he sees as misguided money management at the National Science Foundation.
