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A Better Way to “LEED” in Energy Ratings http://bit.ly/Qu4cV0

A Better Way to “LEED” in Energy Ratings Energy efficiency measures in residential buildings are some of the lowest-cost means of cutting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. According to experts, by 2020, residential buildings will c...

Who Should Regulate Fracking? http://bit.ly/O9fpLF

Shale Gas and State Regulatory Functions About 10,000 feet below much of the United States lurks a wealth of natural gas. This high-profit resource is accessed by “fracking,” or piping pressurized chemicals and water into a de...

Are the Olympics Sustainable? http://bit.ly/N62E3X

Vancouver 2010 – A Lesson in Olympic Sustainability The London games began with a quirky opening ceremony on July 27, 2012, and will wrap up August 12. Ever wondered whether the new Olympic stadiums are LEED certified, or what happens to the city on...

Can Collaborate Adaptive Management Lead to Better Environmental Decisions? http://bit.ly/Pjs3kP

Collaborative Adaptive Management in the Southwest Since the 1970s, some natural resource practitioners and academics have argued that natural resource management should be collaborative and should be adaptable over time in the face of new informat...

Why Don’t More Cities Act Like Philadelphia? http://bit.ly/O6UJU3

Why Don’t More Cities Act Like Philadelphia? Managing stormwater is tricky business in urban areas, where paved roads, rooftops, and parking lots keep water above ground rather than letting it soak naturally into soils, grasses, and other veg...

Do Community Benefits Agreements Produce Sustainable Results? See what Rebecca Economos found out when she researched the topic. Let us know what you think.

Do Community Benefits Agreements Produce Sustainable Results? Large-scale real estate development in low-income neighborhoods is a major source of municipal-level conflict in the United States. One way developers and communities have tried to resolve these co...

How Can Brownfields Be Successfully Converted to Green Energy Projects? Bjorn Jensen's research shows us lessons from four case studies: http://wp.me/p200SF-6Q

How to Convert Brownfields to Green Energy Projects, and Do It Right Bjorn Jensen (MCP ’10) came to some important conclusions when he looked at four brownfied-to-renewable energy projects. Three of these projects were successful, he says, despite the fact tha...