Cities, Unsurprisingly, Have Far Lower Per Capita Energy Footprints.
Energy data show that cities, as we already know, allow for far more energy-efficient uses of land and space than their suburban and rural counterparts.
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Why Regulating Methane, Not CO2, Is Key to Climate Policy
Carbon dioxide is often the bad guy in the climate change debate. But methane– mostly from anthropogenic sources- is a far more potent greenhouse gas. And, unlike carbon dioxide, methane emissions are virtually all a product of waste (rather than the product of combustion from, say, burning a gas like methane). Reduce waste = reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Move Over, Trucks: It’s Time For Smaller Delivery Solutions
Delivery drones, we are told, will change everything. There are some hurdles, but according to recent research, drones might just be the best bet for most– but not all- local delivery.
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MDOT: “Making VMT Reduction A Mobility Goal Is Punitive, Combative, And Might Hurt People’s Feelings”
Representatives of Michigan’s Department of Transportation have, at two recent public meetings, firmly pushed back on the proposal that the agency must tie a reduction in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to funding considerations for new projects– using a dubious rationale.
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Consumers Energy: Bests DTE And Even Saves Endangered Turtles
Endangered turtles return to restored wetlands along a new fossil gas pipeline that cuts through mid-Michigan.
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Durable, Illiquid, Efficient, and Thoroughly Unsexy: Building Envelopes vs. Climate Change
Building envelope retrofits aren’t very flashy. But they’re a crucial way to address the climate crisis.
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100 Corporations Produce 71% of Carbon Emissions. But Who Buys Their Products?
LIVING IN SOUTHWEST DETROIT, A STONE’S THROW FROM THE AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, I AM ACCUSTOMED to having to wipe off the
Read MoreClimate Leadership Conference: Practical Energy Finance Solutions
One session at last week’s Climate Leadership Conference in Detroit dealt with financing strategies for energy and sustainability improvements. PRACTICAL
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