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Metro Effectual City residents emit less CO2, study says		29 May 2008	News
Posted at 6:58 AM on 29 May 2008 Residents of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States emit less carbon dioxide pollution per capita than the U.S. average, according to a new study. The Brookings Institution analyzed data on household and transportation energy use and found that the average U.S. resident was responsible for about 2.87 tons of carbon pollution a year, but that residents of the U.S.'s 100 largest metro areas ...
Topics: green living, news, placemaking, United States, urban planning (all these topics)

Starting to Tank Americans using less gasoline		03 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 1:41 PM on 03 Mar 2008 Well, it's finally happened: Americans are starting to use less gasoline. It took a weakened economy and record oil prices -- crude hit an all-time high of $103.95 a barrel Monday -- but in the past six weeks, U.S. gasoline consumption has fallen by an average 1.1 percent from 2007 levels, the most sustained drop in at least 16 years (excepting the dropoff that followed Hurricane Katrina). As Americans move to mitig ...
Topics: energy, green living, news, oil, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Folks, We're Encountering Some Turbulence E.U. and U.S. at odds over emissions cap for intercontinental flights		06 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Folks, We're Encountering Some Turbulence E.U. and U.S. at odds over emissions cap for intercontinental flights In two weeks, E.U. environment commissioner Stavros Dimas will unveil draft rules for capping airline emissions, and we'll give you one guess who's blocking the runway. At issue is whether to regulate intercontinental flights that use European airports for takeoff or landing, or to just regulate ...
Topics: European Union, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Kick It into Underdrive Americans driving less, SUV fervor cooling		04 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Kick It into Underdrive Americans driving less, SUV fervor cooling Who woulda thunk it: For the first time in 25 years, Americans are driving less. A study by Cambridge Energy Research Associates finds that the average American drove 13,657 miles in 2005, down from 13,711 in 2004. So that's, let's see ... um, carry the one ... a whopping 54 miles. We'll take it! Last year also saw SUVs comprise a smaller chunk of new-vehic ...
Topics: news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions The U.S. boasts 30 percent of the world's cars and is responsible for almost half of global car-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new report by Environmental Defense. American-driven cars emit 15 percent more carbon dioxide per mile than the global average (meaning, in essence, they get worse gas mile ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

We've Been Cartwheeling to Work Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior		25 May 2006	Daily Grist
We've Been Cartwheeling to Work Gas prices spur Americans to change behavior Americans hit in the pocketbook by high gas prices are, shockingly, changing their consumptive behavior. A survey by Consumer Reports found that over a third of American drivers are pondering getting a more fuel-efficient vehicle in place of their current one; half of those are considering a hybrid, and fewer than 5 percent want a l ...
Topics: green living, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Who's on the Right Side of the Road Now? Brits change habits to save gasoline; Americans don't		01 May 2006	Daily Grist
Who's on the Right Side of the Road Now? Brits change habits to save gasoline; Americans don't Starting in 2008, new drivers in Britain will be tested not only on the anxiety-producing three-point turn, but also on their ability to drive in a manner that conserves gasoline. The country hopes to produce a new generation of eco-aware motorists who accelerate and brake smoothly and change gears ...
Topics: Netherlands, news, placemaking, United Kingdom, United States (all these topics)

Oiling for a Flight The top 10 best places to live during an oil crisis		29 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Oiling for a Flight The top 10 best places to live during an oil crisis Pack yer bags, kids -- there's an oil crisis coming and we're moving to the Big Apple! Eco-website SustainLane has come up with a list of the 10 U.S. cities best able to weather an oil crisis, and New Yawk is number one. The most heavily weighted factor was mobility; in an oil crunch there's likely to be less of it. Thus, the top 10 were ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

The Road to Hell Is Paved With 'Hood Intentions Census estimates show U.S. population shifting to exurbs		17 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
The Road to Hell Is Paved With 'Hood Intentions Census estimates show U.S. population shifting to exurbs As the U.S. population rises, more and more people are moving into compact, smartly planned, energy-efficient cities. Ha! Ha! Sigh. Actually, the fastest-growing areas of the country are fringes: suburbs and semi-rural areas on the edges of expanding metropolitan regions. "It's not just the decade of t ...
Topics: news, placemaking, population, United States (all these topics)

But Kermit Said ... Japan rules, U.S. drools in new list of greenest vehicles		14 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
But Kermit Said ... Japan rules, U.S. drools in new list of greenest vehicles An annual list of the world's greenest cars placed the top American car at an impressive, uh, No. 10, while Japanese cars took all of the top five spots. (But American cars dominated the Totally Un-Gay Testostero-Manly Mean Machine lis ...
Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, hybrids, Japan, news, placemaking, Prius, United States (all these topics)

The End of the End of the Affair SUV sales regaining strength in the U.S.		11 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
The End of the End of the Affair SUV sales regaining strength in the U.S. Showing characteristic signs of short-term memory loss, the American public is apparently renewing its love affair with the SUV. When gas prices spiked to over $3 a gallon following Hurricane Katrina, demand for hybrids was in the headlines and chatter about fuel-efficiency standards was all the rage. Now gas prices in the U.S. have fallen to an aver ...
Topics: news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Better Dead Than Sissy Declining fuel efficiency of military vehicles puts troops in harm's way		05 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
Better Dead Than Sissy Declining fuel efficiency of military vehicles puts troops in harm's way In decades past, fuel comprised about 30 percent of the total supply tonnage moved to and fro on the battlefield. Today, according to a 2001 Defense Science Board study, that number may have risen as high as an astonishing 70 percent. America's 150,000 soldiers in Iraq now consume roughly nine gallons of fuel apiece every ...
Topics: Iraq, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

SUV-Loving Public Deems Itself Unpatriotic Americans think fuel efficiency is patriotic, poll finds		18 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
SUV-Loving Public Deems Itself Unpatriotic Americans think fuel efficiency is patriotic, poll finds According to a new poll released yesterday, fuel efficiency ranks up there with apple pie, baseball, and hating liberals as emblematic of American patriotism. Some 66 percent of Americans believe it's "patriotic" to purchase a fuel-efficient vehicle, as it would aid the U.S. in kicking its addiction ...
Topics: energy, news, oil, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

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