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Top Cities For Green Jobs (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Clean Edge, Slidehuge, Green Technology, Slidepoll, Best Cities, Jobs, Slideshow, Clean Technology, Green Energy, Green Cities, Business News

Clean Edge, a research firm with a focus on the "clean technologies" industry, recently released a report this month on employment in the clean-energy...

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Cleveland Aims to Go Green After Years Of Steep Decline

cnbc.com | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Greening Cities, Green Cities, Cleveland, Going Green, Green News

Orchards and vineyards may soon spring from the blight of thousands of abandoned buildings in Cleveland, a city struggling to rise from years of decli...

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Help Us Save Laurel Canyon and Mulholland Drive

Paul Edelman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Traffic, Greening Hollywood, Urban-Environment, Green News, Mulholland Drive, Santa Monica, Green Living, Green Cities, Hollywood-Hills-Living, California-Transportation, Laurel Canyon, Green News
Paul Edelman

What is now a refuge for mule deer, hawks, bobcats and other wildlife, can quickly turn into a housing development, if $145,000 is not raised by August 17th.

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Why NYC is Not a Top 10 Green City

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Renewable Energy, Green Cities, Bicycling, Climate Change, Top 10, New York City, Global Warming, New York News
Dennis Markatos

New York City is making progress toward environmental and climate leadership. But we have a ways to go if we want to ensure a place in top 10 green American cities lists.

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Public Transit Use Booming, So Why Is It Struggling?

usnews.com | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Cities, Mass Transit, Green Living, Mass Transit Ridership, Trains, Green News

Is your city's public transit suffering? Chances are, yes. Ridership on public transportation nationwide has increased exponentially - and is now a...

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City Living Is Green: Why The Lorax Was Wrong

New York Times, City Journal | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Cities, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Green Living, Green News

Economist Edward L. Glaeser penned a guest blog for the New York Times about green city living. He points out that people who want a much smaller carb...

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Compost in the City

Bridget Moloney | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Waste, Green, Eco, Soil, Compost, Los Angeles, Bon Appetit, Bridget Moloney, Environmental Protection Agency, Urban Living, Cooking, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Cities, Cities, Green News
Bridget Moloney

In L.A., it is illegal to compost things not generated on site. You would think it wouldn't matter, but people have been fined for it.

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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Future Cities

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Cities, Green Living, Green Architecture, Clean Energy, Public Transportation, Green News
Graham Hill

The idea of greening cities is not new, but it may be approaching a renaissance. In the 1970s, the oil crisis unleashed many things, including a visi...

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Mayors "Get It" on Climate Change

Jonathan Lash | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Politics, San Francisco, Green Cities, New York City, Global Warming, Chicago, Mayor Bloomberg, Greenhouse Gases, City Development Infrastructure, Mayor Daley, May Gavin Newsome, Green Living, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Jonathan Lash

Some of the biggest U.S. mega-cities are stepping up in a big way on global warming.

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Catching Poop and Scoop Offenders With Doggie DNA

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Pets, Animals, Pollution, Green Cities, Green Living, Dog, Environment, Plastic Bags, Dna, Israel, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

With a large database of doggy DNA on file, the city will be able to track and trace offenders who are not picking up their doggie doo. It's a huge problem over here in Israel.

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Three Great Cities: Two Great Mayors -- Where Bloomberg and Delanoe Show Leadership, Johnson Shows Only Ignorance

Gavin D. J. Harper | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Mike Bloomberg, Green Cities, London, Paris, Mayors, Green News
Gavin D. J. Harper

Whilst New York and Paris stride ahead in making concrete advances towards a cleaner, greener future, Tory Mayor Boris Johnson's green credentials looking dodgier than a three-dollar bill.

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City Mouse, Country Mouse: Who Spends More?

Maura Judkis | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Suburbs, Walkable Cities, Green Living, Housing, Saving Money, Green Cities, Urban Planning, Public Transportation, Green News
Maura Judkis

If you're searching for a house, the tool could be a good way for you to find the ideal combination of affordability and convenience.

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Chicago's Green Side

Planet Green | Sean Fisher | Posted 09.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Green Cities, Green Travel, Chicago, Chicago News

In green circles, Chicago gets cachet for its municipal campaign to slap a green roof on everything from City Hall to Wal-Mart. Then there's the world...

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Very Smart Growth

Jared Seeger | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Suburbs, Gas Prices, Making Cities Sustainable, Green, Walkable Cities, Green Living, Green Cities, Energy Policy, Smart Growth, Green News
Jared Seeger

When it comes to choosing places to live, many of us don't seem to listen to our inner monologue.

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Top 10 Most Walkable Cities In America

The Daily Green | Brian Clark Howard | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Walkable Cities, Most Walkable Cities, Green Cities, San Francisco, New York City, Green News

1. San Francisco, CA The city is known for its stable, relatively mild climate and progressive viewpoints, and 90% of San Francisco residents have a ...

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A Historic Opportunity to Improve Our Cities

Jay Walljasper | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Green Cities, Suburbs, Heating Costs, Home Prices, Fuel Efficiency, Home Sales, Homeowners, Real Estate, Home Foreclosures, Green News
Jay Walljasper

Under the weight of gasoline prices, along with increased costs for heating and cooling suburban homes, today's affluent subdivisions might become tomorrow's slums.

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Carbon Footprints By City

WorldChanging.com | Sarah Kuck | Posted 06.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Pollution, Green Cities, Carbon Footprint, Green News

When it comes to decreasing your carbon footprint, it may be better to change your location than to trade in your SUV. Although the more than two-thir...

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Carbon Footprints By City

WorldChanging.com | Sarah Kuck | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Pollution, Green Cities, Carbon Footprint, Home News

When it comes to decreasing your carbon footprint, it may be better to change your location than to trade in your SUV. Although the more than two-thir...

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Greenwashing Our Cities?

Majora Carter | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Green Living, Green Business, The Giving Life, The Green Life, Green Cities, Green Legislation, Greenwashing, Living News
Majora Carter

One problem we face with all our well-meaning legislative efforts is that not all laws get enforced equally. Let's face it, no matter what color you ...

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The Greenest Countries And Cities On Earth

Reader's Digest | Matthew E. Kahn, PhD, and Fran Lostys | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Green Living, Green Cities, Home News

Just because a place is environmentally "fit" doesn't mean you'd want to spend your life there--think glaciers and rain forests. But finding the perfe...

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