FutureStructure Infrastructure
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Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
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Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles.
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Mayor Billy Kenoi aims to turn waste into a commodity on the Big Island.
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A summit organized by Forbes took on the tall order of figuring out how the promise of a new industrial revolution might put U.S. cities at the forefront of innovation, industry and infrastructure.
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Five years ago, the idea of exporting U.S. gas and oil was not only unheard of, but, in the case of most U.S. crude oil, illegal. Now, the U.S. energy industry is pushing for a new era of exports.
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With four plants currently in operation and a fifth slated to go into service this year, Israel is meeting much of its water needs by purifying seawater from the Mediterranean. Some 80 percent of domestic water use in Israeli cities comes from desalinated water.
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The federal government is promoting an alternative building material for skyscrapers that's as strong as steel or concrete, but with a smaller price tag and environmental footprint. The miracle product? Wood.
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After installing the second most new wind capacity in the United States in 2013, following on the third most in 2012, Kansas has blown past a number of states in its percentage of electricity generated from wind.
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A revolutionary University of Colorado Boulder toilet fueled by the sun will help some of the 2.5 billion people around the world lacking safe and sustainable sanitation.
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While the X division is housed in two nondescript office buildings near Google's main campus, it's been compared to "Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory" by the man who runs it on a daily basis.
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In her first two weeks on the job as general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Marcie Edwards is making her presence felt.
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As solar and battery technology improves, widespread “grid defection” may begin to set in.
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The University of Maine's offshore wind turbine project finds bipartisan support in Washington.
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When it comes to building a $4-billion to $5-billion battery factory that will employ 6,500 workers, Tesla is shunning the Golden State.
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Mark Jacobson and his colleagues have created a 50-state roadmap for replacing coal, oil and natural gas with wind, water and solar energy.
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The electricity generated by the 900-acre facility will be used to power 31,000 homes.
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Drones, once known as weapons of war, are undergoing a dramatic makeover as a hot new business tool in the sky.
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A trio of local water agencies encouraged support for a controversial plan to build a new system to deliver water from Northern California to the Southland.
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John Karras of UrbanScale.com offers 12 strategies that can transform your city’s downtown into a thriving urban district.
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The Tesla and SpaceX founder on the reality of moving to completely renewable energy.
