
September 23 was the second annual National Plug-In Vehicle day. For fans of electric vehicles (EVs), it was an occasion to celebrate the technology’s recent success.
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Walgreens and others corporate leaders have begun making solar “business as usual.” Will Minnesota follow?
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A new study from the Brookings Institution reveals a remarkable shift in demand from car-oriented to walkable communities.
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POSTED 06.05.2012 by Ross Abbey
community design, economic development, economic growth, market demand, property values, rural, suburban development, transportation choices, transportation options, urban, walkability, walking

The cost of solar panels is only part of the reason solar PV projects are increasingly less expensive.
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The price of solar PV projects has fallen more than most people realize. What’s keeping us all in the dark?
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Gasoline prices are on the rise. What can state and local officials do to help us get around without buying so many expensive gallons of gas?
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Coming off a year that saw record-breaking gasoline prices, analysts are predicting that some regional gas prices may flirt with the $4 or $5 mark as early as this summer.
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A collection of photographs the Environmental Protection Agency commissioned shortly after its birth shows how much has changed. But some of the images still look far too familiar.
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How do you reduce your crippling dependence on a powerful, long-entrenched monopoly energy supplier? That’s the question the U.S. auto industry found itself facing in 2008, when the price of gasoline topped $4 a gallon.
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POSTED 01.16.2012 by Ross Abbey
cars, Chevy Volt, clean energy, driving, electric cars, electric vehicles, Ford Transit Connect, hybrids, innovation, Nissan LEAF, plug-in vehicles, policy, policy implementation, renewable energy, technology, Tesla

As of January 5, we’ll be a full 5.1 million kilometers closer to the Sun than we were last July. So does this close proximity have anything to do with global warming (and our snow-scarce winter so far)?
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