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Frugal Happy: Let’s Kill the Lawn
How to turn a lawn that wastes water into a useful vegetable garden
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How to Grow the Electric Vehicle Market
Apartments rarely come with access to charging stations — but electric vehicles need them
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Saving Sustainably: Framing the Second Floor
Framing a house by yourself calls for a little ingenuity (and some heavy lifting)
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How California Is Pioneering ‘Energy Justice’
California’s cap-and-trade program raises billions, and some of that money is helping the state’s disadvantaged communities
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Trouble at the Ogallala Aquifer
Farmers are depleting this vast underground resource at a rate faster than nature can replenish it
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Appliance Standards: A Powerful Job Engine
A new report details the significant economic benefits of federal efficiency standards
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Corporate America’s Green Awakening
When corporations take credit for green deeds, their lobbying may tell another story
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The Built-In Weakness of ‘Footprint’ Estimates
Yes, humans are depleting Earth’s resources, but Earth Overshoot Day is based on flawed methodology
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Rural Families Overburdened with Energy Costs
Energy burdens vary by region, a new report finds, but rural areas have consistently higher costs
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Preparing Building Pros for the Zero-Energy Boom
Locally developed education is a great way to tap local resources to provide the training that building professionals will need