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TPM Idea Lab | U.S. Solar Energy Exports Rise, Posting Positive Trade Balance With China
The U.S. solar market is thriving among fierce global competition -- even besting China last year when it came to trade between the two countries, according to a new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association. Read the [...]
GOOD | Across the Globe, Solar Power Just Keeps Getting Cheaper
Solar power is getting cheaper. It’s something of a parlor game among energy companies and analysts to predict when, exactly, solar will achieve “grid parity” with coal and other cheap sources of electricity—in other words, when it will be [...]
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal | Xcel aggressively fighting city’s move to create own utility
Xcel Energy said Friday it is forming an issue committee to oppose a ballot proposal in the city of Boulder, Colo., that would create a municipal power utility. The committee is being formed “for the purpose of opposing the takeover of the [...]
New Urban Network | Cities for People
The biggest mistake in creating public spaces is to make them too large, Gehl says. His motto: “When in doubt, leave some yards out.” .... That rule has often been disregarded by modernist designers, who tend to make buildings and public spaces [...]
New Era News | Municipalization is on the Horizon
If Boulder’s effort to municipalize is successful, they will set the standard for commitment to fighting climate change. It would be the first city to form a municipal utility in the name of reducing carbon emissions. Read the entire article at [...]
NYTimes.com | The Dutch Way: Bicycles and Fresh Bread
While Europe is dealing with congestion and greenhouse gas buildup by turning urban centers into pedestrian zones and finding innovative ways to combine driving with public transportation, many American cities are carving out more parking [...]
American RadioWorks | Power and Smoke: A Nation Built on Coal
At the time the settlers arrived at Plymouth Rock, people back in England had already been burning coal for generations. Londoners complained about coal smoke during Queen Elizabeth I's era. A century before the American Revolution, in 1660, an [...]
Felix Salmon | Bike slowly
As a general rule, the propensity of non-bicyclists to give biking a try is inversely proportional to the average velocity of the bikers they see on the street. If you live in a city where women in wedge heels are steering their old steel bikes [...]
Orton Family Foundation | Promising Magic, Delivering Results
Completely different from the typical Comprehensive Plan, Golden’s Plan is now based on the town’s values. It includes neighborhood planning, outreach, and indicators for measuring progress and effectiveness of the Plan. It also includes General [...]
