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Mar
05

How do you measure a city's IQ? Barcelona aims to find out

What, exactly, is a smart city, and how do you measure its “IQ”? Those are the questions leaders in Barcelona
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Mar
05

The next Occupy: Solar energy?

Solar energy, it seems, has become too successful for its own good. Incentives in places like the UK and Germany
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Mar
02

LEGO wind turbines to sprout in North Sea

LEGO is helping a new crop of wind turbines sprout up in the North Sea off of Germany’s coast.
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Mar
02

Best ... sustainability ... report ... ever

From who else? LEGO. Not only is the Denmark-based company big on wind energy, but it aims to be 100-percent
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Mar
01

RIP Oldbury, 44, world's oldest working nuke plant

It was a different world for nuclear power stations when Oldbury came onto the scene in the UK in 1967.
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Mar
01

What our alternative futures might look like

The future isn’t written in stone … or in silicon chips, for that matter. As the “butterfly effect” suggests, the
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Feb
29

Collapse or 'megaefficiency'? Five visions for 2050

If the image accompanying this article conjures up images of “Blade Runner,” you’ve gotten the right idea. An unsustainable,
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Feb
29

A US price on carbon: Makes sense ... so not likely

What’s one of the single most promising strategies for reducing fossil fuel consumption, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and leveling
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Feb
28

Eat your efficiency: Good for us but hard to swallow

Why is it people continue to do so many things they know aren’t good for them: eating fast food,
2 min read
Feb
28

Thirsty cities grapple with smart meters, dumb pipes

Just as smart electricity meters are touted as a way to better control energy consumption and waste, smart water meters
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