New York City’s sustainability director and a green developer discuss how changes in zoning rules could speed the adoption of green roofs, renewable energy and energy-efficient features.
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Green Blog: Ministers Wrap Up Clean Energy Meeting
Ministers meeting in London agreed to share technology on energy-efficient appliances, map the potential for solar and wind energy and bring modern lighting to two million people in India by the end of 2015.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Urban Energy Patterns
Two M.I.T. students generate an interactive map that helps users understand energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions in urban environments.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Floating Wind Turbines
New technology is needed to harness wind power above waters that are so deep that turbines cannot be planted in the seabed.
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Mexico passes aggressive climate bill
Last week, Mexico’s Senate passed an aggressive and comprehensive climate change bill, making it the first developing nation and only the second country to do so, after the UK. The bill, which far outshines anything achieved by its far wealthier northe…
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For Earth Day, 17 celebrated scientists on how to make a better world
Seventeen top scientists and four acclaimed conservation organizations have called for radical action to create a better world for this and future generations. Compiled by 21 past winners of the prestigious Blue Planet Prize, a new paper recommends sol…
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Green Blog: For Earth Day, a Bit of Perspective
A PBS series offers a low-key but encompassing explanation of climate change and lays out common-sense strategies for addressing it.
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Will mega-dams destroy the Amazon?
More than 150 new dams planned across the Amazon basin could significantly disrupt the ecological connectivity of the Amazon River to the Andes with substantial impacts for fish populations, nutrient cycling, and the health of Earth’s largest rainfores…
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Apr 07
Green Blog: From an F to a Low A: The N.Y. City Council
The average “green” score for council members in 2010-11 was 90, up from 45 five years earlier.
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