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Smarter Cities ~ Project of the Natural Resources Defense Council

Lucille Chi — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:17:43 +0000

Have you heard about NRDC’s Smarter Cities?

“When thinking about the urban environment, more often than not problems come first to mind. Less commonly thought about is the potential presented by cities, potential to rethink and reshape their environments responsibly.

Today urban leaders—mayors, businesses and community organizations—are in the environmental vanguard, making upgrades to transportation infrastructure, zoning, building codes, and waste management programs as well as improving access to open space, green jobs, affordable efficient housing and more. If they succeed in making their cities more efficient, responsible and sustainable, what will result will be smarter places for business and healthier places to live.”

Find out what is smart and green near you. Join the team and start reporting the success of your city!

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Oregon Pushes for Alternative Fuels, Electric Cars

Shirley Siluk Gregory — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:53:06 +0000

Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed an executive order that creates a new working group focused on developing the state’s alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure.The group will be in charge of setting up policies and creating a statewide system to support the next generation of electric and alternative fuel vehicles.

“Our reliance on foreign oil and our emissions of greenhouse gases come from dependence on gasoline powered vehicles,” Kulongoski said upon signing the order last week. “We have to move away from gasoline powered vehicles and move towards alternative power sources such as electric, natural gas and fuel cell vehicles — and Oregon is positioned to be a national a leader for this next generation of vehicles.”

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Two Million New Jobs From a $100B Green Investment?

Nick Chambers — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:06:09 +0000

According to a sweeping report released by the Center for American Progress and authored by researchers from the UMass Department of Economics, if the US government were to invest $100 billion dollars over two years in six key areas of green and sustainable development — including advanced biofuels — the result would be the creation of 2 million high-paying jobs across nearly all sectors of employment.

This represents four times the amount of jobs that would be created if that same $100 billion were invested in the oil industry for things like more offshore drilling. It also represents significantly more jobs of much higher diversity, pay, and longevity than were created by the $100 billion spent last April so that all us ‘mericans could all get our $600 tax rebates.

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Diversifying America’s Transportation Portfolio: A “Green Deal”

Nick Chambers — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:49:30 +0000

Okay. Let me get this one out of the way: gas hasn’t been all bad. In fact, gas has allowed us to accomplish some pretty amazing things. To be clear, when I say “gas,” I’m using the term as an easy way to loosely refer to all liquid fuel products made from buried and fossilized hydrocarbon deposits.

Ooooh… I can hear the flamers’ keys clicking away furiously already. But, before you type that horribly thought out gunslinging response, hear me out.

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