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Archive for the ‘Clean Air’ Category

Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure, Creating Jobs, Greening the Environment

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
Water Works: Rebuilding Infrastructure Creating Jobs Greening the Environment

GREEN FOR ALL
This report estimates the economic and job creation impact of a major investment in water infrastructure in the United States. This number—$188.4 billion—is based on the level of investment necessary, as estimated by the Environmental Protection Agency, to manage stormwater and preserve water quality across the country. We find that an investment of $188.4 billion spread equally over the next five years would generate $265.6 billion in economic activity and create close to 1.9 million jobs.

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Economic Expansion, Energy Independence and Environmental Efficiency: Renewables in the South

Thursday, September 15th, 2011
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SOUTHERN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE

As states emerge from the Great Recession the deepest broadest and sharpest economic downturn experienced in the United States since the Great Depression state policymakers confront an unenviable set of obstacles. Beyond the multiplicity of short-term challenges associated with balancing their states’ budgets as a result of the steep drop in revenues, policymakers also are struggling with a more structural weakness in our economy: the rapidly eroding manufacturing sector in the United States.

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Tacoma, Washington: Time Lapse of Schatz Lab Construction

Friday, September 9th, 2011

A time-lapse video composed of photographs taken between the start of construction in February 2009 and the completion of landscaping in August 2011. – SchatzLab on YouTube “At the Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC) on California’s North Coast, we are working to establish clean energy technologies in our society. We specialize in renewable energy, energy […]

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October 11th-13th: 3rd Annual North America Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum

Friday, September 9th, 2011
CGLA

From CG/LA Infrastructure On October 11-13, 2011, over 500 executives from the public and private sector will gather in Washington, DC for the 3rd Annual North American Strategic Infrastructure Leadership Forum. The Forum is a dynamic 2.5 day conference, focused on infrastructure development in North America, designed to facilitate business and promote projects across the […]

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Minnesota: Ridgewind Wind Farm Time Lapse

Monday, August 29th, 2011

COMMUNITY WIND DEVELOPMENT Ridgewind Wind Farm is an 11-turbine, 25-MW, community-based energy development (C-BED) project completed in December 2010 in the heart of southwestern Minnesota. Ryan worked closely with developer Project Resources Corporation (PRC), Siemens, local landowners, Frattalone Excavating, electrical subcontractor Consulting Engineering Group (CEG) and other team members to deliver this important alternative energy […]

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The Potential for Urban Agriculture in New York City: Growing Capacity, Food Security, & Green Infrastructure

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The Potential for Urban Agriculture in New York City: Growing Capacity, Food Security, & Green Infrastructure

THE URBAN DESIGN LAB

With the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute, Columbia University has conducted this comprehensive assessment of the potential for urban agriculture in New York City (NYC). This project is the first large-scale analysis of its kind for NYC, and while it is not definitive, we hope that the information and research will provide a baseline for understanding the critical issues related to urban agriculture in our city.

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How the Smart Grid Will Power Electric Cars: eMobility

Monday, August 15th, 2011

We believe the thinking will move towards active participation in the energy grid. Smart solutions, buildings and electrical infrastructures will actively contribute to maximum overall efficiency. View our vision of eMobility. – Siemens on YouTube

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The Great Bicycle Protest of 1896

Friday, July 22nd, 2011
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By: Hank Chapot The 1890s popular movement for Good Roads, pushed most ardently by bicyclists,is of note for several reasons. Primarily the fight for better conditions for bicycling unknowingly set the stage for the rise of the private automobile. Within a decade of the big demonstrations detailed here, better roads and improved tire technology combined […]

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Zipcar Baltimore Car Share Members Drive Less, Give Up Cars, Use Mass Transit

Thursday, July 21st, 2011
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CLEAN TECHNICA By: Andrew Burger Urban transport is changing in any number of innovative ways as cities around the US look to alleviate traffic congestion, reduce air pollution and make their cities more “livable.” One year on, the driving habits of Zipcar members in Baltimore have changed substantially, and that’s having several beneficial effect on […]

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Bruce McCall – Our Energy Free Transportation Future

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

Want an alternative to vehicular dependence on gas and oil? Forget about electric cars – how about wind-up cars, sail cars, and pogo cars! “Bruce McCall’s Energy Free Transportation Future” envisions our roads and skies as environmentally fantastical places.

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