April 25, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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The temperature near Earth’s center is 6,000 degrees Celsius, 1,000 degrees more than given in an experiment 20 years ago. This experiment with synchrotron X-rays confirms geophysical models that explain Earth’s magnetic field and the creation and inte… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 17, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
As I wrote two years ago, a successful rural landscape – working farms and forests, and natural areas that last – is utterly dependent on successful to… Continue reading
March 26, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
New data from the Washington, DC metro area, published this month in The Washingtonian, show that the area’s real estate recovery since 2009 has been strong. B… Continue reading
January 10, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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It’s the mystery of the curiously dense cloud. And astronomers are on the case. Despite being very dense, the cloud — situated near the crowded galactic center — does not form many stars. But now astronomers have discovered why. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 8, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Researchers using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured new images of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years in diameter surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and of a neighboring… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 7, 2013
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Researchers have discovered a new tool for detecting dusty clouds and stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy: simply take a picture using radio waves. Unlike in the optical, X-ray and infrared wavelengths, it is unusual to see a dark feature with … Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 26, 2012
by Wendy Fok
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Wendy Fok, Project Director, High Performance Tenant Demonstration Project, Center for Market Innovation, New York
In the U.S., over $20 billion a year is spent on energy use in commercial office buildings. With tenant spaces resp… Continue reading
September 25, 2012
by Greg Hale
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Greg Hale, Senior Financial Policy Specialist, New York City
Guest post by Jay Orfield, Welch Environmental Innovation Fellow with NRDC’s Center for Market Innovation.
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Energy efficiency and sustainability should be standard business… Continue reading
September 18, 2012
by Greg Hale
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Greg Hale, Senior Financial Policy Specialist, New York City
Guest post by Jay Orfield, Welch Environmental Innovation Fellow with NRDC’s Center for Market Innovation.
Around this time last year, our High Performance Demonstration Pro… Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 13, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The Trust for Public Land’s Center for City Park Excellence has released its most recent data on public park systems from the country’s 100 largest cit… Continue reading
September 22, 2011
by Peter Lehner
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Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City
Last week the Empire State Building received the LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The award confirms what so many of us already know: This iconic skyscraper ha… Continue reading
June 23, 2011
by Allen Hershkowitz
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Allen Hershkowitz, Senior Scientist, NYC and throughout the world In 2009, Dr. Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science brought together a distinguished group of the nation’s leading researchers from … Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 4, 2011
by Peter Malik
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Peter Malik, Director, Center for Market Innovation, New York The other day I picked up an article in the April issue of Fast Company, detailing Bloomberg’s reporting of companies’ ESG data, or Environment, Social and Governance.  … Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 25, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
High-speed rail in the Northeast Corridor is critical to providing the capacity needed to support projected growth in the region. The corridor’s $3 trill… Continue reading
March 16, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Long-disinvested communities frequently lack amenities, including walkable access to neighborhood parks. Yet parks and neighborhoods need each other. In his well-researched book Urban Green, my friend Peter Harnik of the Trust … Continue reading
January 13, 2011
by Rocky Kistner
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Yesterday, an icy wind whipped through the French Quarter. But inside the New Orleans Sheraton, the atmosphere was hot.
That’s where 250 people gathered to attend a forum sponsored by the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil S… Continue reading