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City wants cleaner air, better mobility for cyclists, pedestrians By John Aguilar This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The venerable American ritual of palming a burger while gripping the steering wheel, as grease and ketchup drip onto shirt and lap, soon could face resistance as thick as honey mustard sauce ...
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E-bikes coming quicker than the infrastructure for them Advocates say time of the essence to build more comfortable bike lanes in Mile High City By Joe Rubino This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Denver is making progress on its bike infrastructure goals. But the exploding popularity of e-bikes, particularly...
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
One of the biggest stories of 2015 was the sharp decline of oil prices, which fell this year to levels not seen in more than a decade. "After plunging from more than $100 a barrel to nearly $50 a barrel last year, U.S. oil prices fell 30 percent in 2015 to $37.04 a barrel," the Wall Street Jou...
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
Chalk this one up as a combination we never saw coming. It appears that one of America’s most recognizable car companies is teaming up with America’s favorite ketchup brand. Ford and Heinz are coming together to investigate whether using tomato fibers in the development of sustainable composit...
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Posted by on in Transportation
This is going to drive the Tesla-haters crazy. The luxury electric-car maker is getting a huge new tax break from California, SFGate reports. The state will let it off the hook for sales and use taxes on some $415 million in new equipment it's purchasing in order to expand production ...
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Posted by on in Transportation
Portland has been factoring bicycling into integrated urban, suburban, and even rural transportation, development and sustainability plans. In 2003, city leaders and transit authorities launched a public campaign to encourage residents to bike, walk and make greater use of public transportation. The...
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Posted by on in Sustainable Development
Despite some particularly unexplainable losses if you care about protecting the environment, the California Legislature made progress in 2013. The range of bills on the governor's desk awaiting his signature confirms that California remains the stalwart energy and climate leader in the country. Thi...
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