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Google Maps functionality harnesses AI and aerial imagery to help businesses and cities plan solar deployments and tackle air pollution.
by Stuart Stone
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How three cities, Cupertino, Orlando and Boston, are using their communities, new technology and buildings to fight the effects of climate change.
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Taking a look at Lansink's waste hierarchy and the circular economy to challenge the 2,000-year-old method of using landfills for waste disposal.
by Conor Riffle
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In 2014, Vermont’s largest city became the first in the U.S. to be 100 percent powered by renewable energy. What’s happened since then?
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The startup is answering the question: What's holding potential customers back?
by Jill Cliburn
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An interview with CCSA chief executive and co-founder Jeff Cramer on accelerating community solar through business models and policies.
by Jill Cliburn
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A public-private partnership will bring a 50-megawatt array to an abandoned landfill, bringing clean power and jobs to a predominantly Black community.
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Communities of color have been shown to have about 25% higher energy burdens than white Americans. These programs can change that.
by Lacey Shaver
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Seventy percent of greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to cities so they must be at the forefront of tacking climate change.
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The role of the public sector, citizen engagement and advocacy are essential.
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Comprehensive plans are great, but small, low-budget changes can make a big difference, too.
by Nate Berg
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The back story of Philadelphia's plan to build a 70-megawatt plant that will power up to 22 percent of its municipal government.
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From supply chain to waste management, cities are trying to develop local circular economies.
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But there's still a ways to go to producing tech devices and content with less environmental impact.
by Steven Cohen
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The state has made major progress in its shift from oil to renewables but there’s still a lot to be done, according to a new report analyzing its ongoing transition.
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From China's sludge-to-energy program to South Africa's online waste exchange to India's biogas buses, global cities are creating better systems.
by Anne Maassen
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There still may be some room for collaboration between Hawaii and Washington.
by Peter Asmus
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Recently, U.S. facilities have begun to offer large-scale renewable energy options to customers. Here, a closer look at the rapid scale-up.
by Letha Tawney
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With the state aggressively lowering its reliance on oil production thanks to advances in renewables, more growth from wind and solar power will require modern power grid infrastructure.
by John Licata
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GRID Alternatives brings solar energy to low-income households by using volunteers to cut labor costs. I joined the volunteer crew at VERGE 16.
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10Power, Sigora Haiti and Greenlight Planet offer lessons from bringing electricity to Haiti, India and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Solar is at a pivotal point: How many people will get access? Enter Michelle Moore and Groundswell.
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What produces food also can produce energy. This paradise state of lush vegetation and sunshine is full of startups trying to cultivate both.
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SunPower hopes its turnkey commercial solar product will reduce installation bottlenecks. Bed Bath & Beyond is an early customer.
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Engineers from SunPower, PrimoWind, All Power Labs, PG&E and Spirae built a renewably-powered microgrid to supply all the electricity the VERGE 2015 conference will need.