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Environment

 

Innovations in environmental protection

 

Governing Innovation

New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.

By Corey Binns | 1 | Winter 2012
 

The Race Against CO2

The Chinese government's new five-year plan calls for increasing the energy efficiency of new buildings.

By Tamara Straus | Winter 2012
 
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Trawling for Trash

An EU Fisheries Commission Project pays fisherman to remove plastic debris from the Mediterranean Sea.

By Suzie Boss | Fall 2011
 
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Networking for Sustainable Transport

EMBARQ, a network of sustainable transportation experts, has grown quickly,
thanks to impressive fundraising and the design of a model program.

By Brandon Keim | Fall 2011
 

Virtue or Else

Under the EPA’s Audit Policy, violators who voluntarily report themselves can get certain penalties reduced or waived if they commit to ongoing self-regulation.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Summer 2011
 
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Picking Green Tech’s Winners and Losers

Unless clean tech follows well-established rules of innovation and commercialization, the industry’s promise to provide sustainable sources of energy will fail.

By Clayton M. Christensen, Shuman Talukdar, Richard Alton, & Michael B. Horn | 7 | Spring 2011
 
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Manish Bapna

Manish Bapna, managing director of World Resources Institute, is helping China manage its environmental problems.

By Eric Nee | Winter 2011
 
CLIMATOPOLIS:
How Our Cities
Will Thrive in the
Hotter Future
Matthew E. Kahn

Climate Speculations

CLIMATOPOLIS: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future by Matthew E. Kahn

Reviewed By James L. Sweeney | Winter 2011
 

Bring Polluters Back In

Research reveals why low-income minority neighborhoods are often the site of the worst environmental polluters.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Winter 2011
 
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This Old Green House

Clean Energy Works Portland gets consumers—and the workforce—energized about weatherization.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Fall 2010