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A New Resource for Multifamily Developers
The Passive House Institute U.S. launches a website to help builders with multifamily designs
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The Case Against More Ethanol
An effort to increase the percentage of ethanol blended with gasoline ignores the major environmental impacts of growing corn for fuel
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California May Have A Lot More Water Than It Knew
A new study finds that the state may have three times as much fresh groundwater as thought earlier
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Sand for Construction Is Vanishing
A boom in urban development has brought a run on the kind of sand that can be used in concrete, glass, and asphalt — and mining it comes at a very high cost
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The Case for More Ethanol
Why green critics are wrong about this corn-based fuel additive
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Resilient Food Supply Systems
Experiments with food self-sufficiency
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Nuclear Closure, Design Competition, Tesla Offer, Nest Thermostat
A roundup of recent developments in green building
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Why Is the U.S. Unwilling to Pay for Good Public Transportation?
The American Society of Civil Engineers gives the nation’s infrastructure only a D+
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Maine Gets Another Passive House Multifamily Project
The development team looked for ways to keep costs down while accelerating the construction schedule
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Is Nuclear Power Our Energy Future or a Dinosaur?
Identical data yield very different conclusions on the role nuclear will play in meeting climate goals