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An obscure Supreme Court ruling paves the way for people and businesses to earn money with distributed energy technologies.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) was named one of the Knight News Challenge on Data winners for its plan to make a digital tool for scheduling city bus rides.
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The proposal will create a 15.7-mile rapid transit line in hopes that it can pay large dividends in the future.
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After witnessing a cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grids, an Iowa State University professor took it upon himself to create a program to better protect the state's infrastructure.
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In a hearing, the Rail Authority Commission told legislators that the project is more than two years behind schedule; however, it could cost the state less than the estimated $68 billion.
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However the possible end to Zip Rail, which could make a 100-mile trip in 45 to 50 minutes, doesn’t mean the end of a high-speed line in Minnesota.
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The new regulation will make LED bulbs the standard for home lighting to save energy for the state and, in the long run, save costs for consumers.
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The head of the Environmental Protection Agency was in Carlsbad, Calif., to announce the grants that will go into the state's clean water fund and invest in water recycling projects.
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Many people are noticing their cab drivers to be more polite and the ride more pleasant, which may be a response to the growing popularity of ride-sharing services.
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Using near-real-time data collection, researchers are demonstrating a way to improve states' ability to protect brittle roads from heavy vehicles at the end of winter.
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The new wording of the Lyft driver agreement will make it harder for the company to fire its drivers anywhere in the country, but does not classify the drivers as employees.
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A new program launched by The Nature Conservancy and DroneDeploy will crowdsource El Niño research in California.
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The pilot program, currently taking place in Houston, is one of several safety initiatives Uber has launched since it created its safety advisory board in November.
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Seattle regulates Uber and Lyft under an ordinance passed in July 2014, and the county passed partner legislation shortly thereafter. However, litigation is still being pursued over the classification of the drivers.
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Low normal price, bad timing and volatility make it seem like price gouging.
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The U.S. could dramatically increase solar and wind power without expensive energy storage. The key is to overlay high-voltage direct current power lines on our system of regional grids.
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In his final year, Anthony Foxx wants to tear down infrastructure that isolates communities and overhaul the way federal transportation funding is distributed to states and cities in his final year.
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The technology is changing costs so quickly — especially for wind and solar energy — that utilities and customers have an unprecedented amount of choice and competition available to them.
