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Dramatic new maps of CO2 emissions per household

May 27, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:: carbonemissions, community, driving, globalwarming, map, neighborhood, regionalplanning, smartercities, smartgrowth

The Center for Neighborhood Technology is releasing today a new series of GIS-based maps showing where carbon emissions from driving are the highest in the nation's metro areas. The maps demonstrate vividly that, although emissions on a...continued→

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Portland’s shrinking carbon footprint: revitalization and walkable neighborhoods make the difference

September 22, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:: carbonemissions, carbonfootprint, energy, neighborhoods, portland, smartgrowth

Portland, Oregon has become such a recognized model of progressive planning and development that people like me are actually discouraged from talking about the region in professional circles. "Everybody already knows about Portland," the line goes. I don't think that everybody already...continued→

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