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Posted May 20, 2013 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- cleaneconomy, cleanenergy, cleanjobs, climatechange, Colorado, energy, renewableenergy, res, rps
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s signature on SB 252 to improve and expand the amount of renewable energy that utilities must provide will propel him into national leadership on clean energy by expanding and strengthening Colorado’s clean energy law, and...continued→
Posted May 20, 2013 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
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- artplace, creative, placemaking, rebuildfoundation, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities
It’s no secret, unfortunately, that many American downtowns and neighborhoods were disinvested, some severely, over the past several decades. The consequences were devastating, as homes and storefronts were abandoned and once-thriving communities became devoid of opportunity and safety for...continued→
Posted May 14, 2013 by Theo Spencer in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
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- globalwarming, hurricanesandy, newyork, newyorkcity, pnp
As the six month anniversary of Hurricane Sandy rolls by, the passage of time is giving us a clearer picture of what preventive measures really worked. Thanks to an excellent series running this week on WNYC, we can see that...continued→
Posted May 9, 2013 by Deron Lovaas in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
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- aviation, bridge, Champions of Change, congestion, DOT, energy, entrepreneur, freight, fuel, Greenroads, infrastructure, jobs, LaHood, markettransformation, newyork, Obama, pollution, roads
Yesterday I participated in an uplifting ceremony at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building – the latest installment in the Obama Administration’s “Champions of Change” program, with a special focus on transportation leaders across the country. While politicians down...continued→
Posted May 8, 2013 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
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- gertrudestein, placemaking, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities
Today’s article is another excerpt from my forthcoming book, People Habitat: 25 Ways to Think about Greener, Healthier Cities, which will be coming out later this year. I shared an excerpt from the introduction on March 27. In the...continued→
Posted May 6, 2013 by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
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- ALEC, cleanjobs, CO, KochBrothers, MO, NC, newyork, NY, renewables, RES, RPS, standards, states
Media coverage of renewable energy developments at the state level continued to center on the efforts led by the Koch Brothers-backed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to try and weaken, repeal, or “repeal-by-weaken” renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) in a...continued→
Posted May 6, 2013 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
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- siliconvalley, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities, urbanization
Today’s post is written by my frequent collaborator and contributor to this site, Lee Epstein Lee is an attorney and land use planner working for sustainability in the mid-Atlantic region. His last appearance here was on April 3 (“The...continued→
Posted May 3, 2013 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
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- greeninfrastructure, miamibeach, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities
I took a tour of Miami Beach this morning. No, not in person (though I wish), but via the wonders of Google Earth. And I didn’t see South Beach, the grand hotels, or the ocean, for that matter. So...continued→
Posted May 1, 2013 by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably
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- density, NIMBYs, smartgrowth, sustainablecommunities, urbanism
I hesitate to write yet another article about bringing “smart growth” – the combination of ideas born in the 1990s to counter suburban sprawl – into the 21st century. I’ve long argued that, at a minimum, it’s time to...continued→
Posted April 29, 2013 by Noah Long in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
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- cleanenergy, Colorado, electricity, energy, renewableenergy, res, rockymountains, rps, utilities
Critical votes in The Colorado legislature late Friday night and yesterday represent yet another victory for renewable energy despite a national drive by the fossil fuel industry to roll back standards supporting increased clean power sources like wind and solar....continued→
