Find out about sharing projects, events and more in your city by clicking: HERE Why Startup Urbanism Will Fail Us Despite the optimistic talk, it is an old language that is being spoken here: Startup Urbanism is gentrification by another name. >> Read more How Cooperation Jackson is Transforming the …
SAIL MED Launched for Mediterranean Sail Transport of Cargo
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EarthKeeper News: The Disaster We’ve Wrought on the World’s Oceans May Be Irrevocable
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Is global warming causing extreme weather via jet stream waves?
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COMPANIES WANT MORE RENEWABLE ENERGY
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Clean power was on the rise in the U.S., even before President Obama’s carbon rules aimed to accelerate the trend
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