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Media controversy over stimulus-funded clean energy grant program lacks substance

Critical news articles about a clean energy stimulus program are making misleading contentions.

Does new public transit increase gentrification and lower ridership?

Smart Planet points us to a report from the Dukakis Center at Northeastern University that concludes that new transit can lead to gentrification.

Postcards from the future

Have a hard time imagining a world reshaped by climate change? These riveting illustrations of future London give a glimpse.

The GOP changes its tune on cap-and-trade

Republican presidents Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, and George W Bush supported cap-and-trade. Officials who criticize it are caught up in politics.

New Apple store in Chicago means shiny new train station, but who will fix the rest of the system?

Apple paid $4 million to renovate a dilapidated transit station near its new Chicago store. Great. But what if you don't live near an Apple store?

A very impressive two weeks for the federal sustainability partnership

The Partnership for Sustainable Communities has announced an impressive amount of federal assistance to sustainability projects across the country.

Top of the Article Page Cleanup

Among a few site changes introduced yesterday, we rolled out a small refresh of the top of our articles.  It provides a cleaner, easier experience for sharing and retweeting articles — we hope you enjoy it.  Coming soon and throughout the year,  look for improvements in the facebook sharing mechanism, and further streamlining on these […]

Acknowledging women's role in the sustainable food movement

Women dominate the staffs of critical food- and farming-focused NGOs. They run farms, important blogs, and local-food restaurants. So why is Alice Waters the only one we ever hear about?

One More Thing to Worry About in Middle School – Energy Regulations?

Mary Anne Hitt, the director of the Sierra Club Beyond Coal Campaign, is a new mom and has some words for those trying to greenwash schoolkids and college students: As a new mom, I’m paying more attention these days to how big companies are trying to influence our kids. I just learned that one of […]

How cities are good for science, and vice versa

The world's booming cities are a hotbed for scientific research. They also have big problems that only science can solve.