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New York Outpaces Silicon Valley As US Tech Hub

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11 May — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

A new report from the Center for an Urban Future shows that New York has emerged as a national leader in fields that leverage the internet and mobile technologies - a ...

The Rise of Local Energy Communities

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9 May — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

This document from November 2010 was the first of Skanska's Green Urban Development Reports. It explores the rise of local energy communities and how - in the near future ...

White Paper: How European cities are developing strategies towards becoming “smarter cities”

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23 April — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

Fireball has published a white paper that explores how European cities are currently developing strategies towards becoming “smarter cities” and the lessons that ...

Electric Vehicles: Global warming emissions and fuel-cost savings

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18 April — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

With electric vehicles on the rise across the US, the Union of Concerned Scientists has published a study analyzing the benefits and costs of owning an electric vehicle and ...

Why Young People Are Driving Less and What It Means for US Transportation Policy

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12 April — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

A new report by the US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and the Frontier Group finds that Americans have been driving less since the middle of last decade. The ...

Which are the UK's Leading Cities for Cutting Emissions?

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28 March — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

Coventry, Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent are the leading cities in the UK when it comes to reducing their overall greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report ...

New York Tops List of World's Most Competitive Cities

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13 March — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

New York has topped the list of the world's most competitive cites, narrowly beating London, Singapore, Hong Kong and Paris. The new index has been devised by the Economist ...

Why Cities are Vital to the Future of Sustainability

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14 March — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

A new SustainAbility report produced in partnership with GreenBiz and sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, explores how the sustainability of cities and business are ...

Electric Vehicles Are Commercially Viable for Business Fleets, says report

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21 Feb. — added by Stephen Kennett, 2degrees

A new report published by the Energy Saving Trust (EST) and Cenex claims that electric vehicles (EVs) can be commercially viable in business fleets. The EV20 Plugged-In ...

Tackling the Water Challenge

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