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NYC public housing claims it’s going green, but stymies residents’ green efforts
More than half of public housing projects in New York City don't have recycling bins, and that's just one failing in the city's green campaign.
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2012 was the hottest year in history in New York, D.C., Louisville, Philadelphia …
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This is what your city would look like without light pollution
This photography series shows what the night sky might look like after humans and their light pollution are wiped off the planet.
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Hyper-dysfunctional Congress punts on Sandy relief
The least productive Congress in a generation is adjourning without allocating any aid at all for those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
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Street scenes: 12 great cities stories from 2012
From street artists to Martin Luther King, and gun violence to our odd, sometimes nonsensical obsession with Jane Jacobs -- these are our favorite city-related stories from the past year.
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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.
