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2012: The year cities stood up to climate change — and took a beating
While national and international leaders fiddled, cities got serious about the climate crisis. Then superstorm Sandy showed us how much is at stake -- and how far we still have to go.
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How to legalize goats in your city
The "godmother of goat lovers" describes how she went about changing Seattle's backyard goat laws.
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New York’s energy-efficiency survey suggests that older is often better
Despite LEED certification for new buildings, structures with thicker walls and fewer windows often are more environment-friendly.
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Seattle mayor calls for city’s pension funds to dump oil stocks
Seattle's Mike McGinn becomes the first municipal leader to join 350.org's divestment campaign. He's pushing back again coal trains too.
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Amazing new house proves that green doesn’t have to mean expensive
In a tough neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the new Empowerhouse generates all of its own energy and captures all the rainwater that falls on site. And it didn’t cost a million bucks to build.
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What the fiscal cliff would mean for our cities and food
Whether we stop the crazy train with a compromise or careen into the ravine, the fiscal cliff presents serious challenges for cities and agriculture.
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Lead-bullet ad targets NRA, misses the point
The Center for Biological Diversity is running an ad in The New York Times calling for the NRA to stop blocking efforts to remove lead from bullets.
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U.S. cities are getting denser
But from sea to shining sea, we still love to sprawl.
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California is turning this industrial town into a car-free oasis
The plan is to make Newark, Calif. into a cute little village, with a train, just like a Richard Scarry book. Sounds adorbs.
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Pittsburgh is building a skyscraper that can breathe
Wouldn't you love to be able to take an outdoor walk -- inside a Pittsburgh skyscraper?
