FutureStructure Perspectives
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Transit officials in Kansas City, Mo. plan to eliminate bus fares system-wide this year.
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As alternate transportation options have become more widespread, students at California Polytechnic State University have shown no signs of declining car use, according to a study examining car commutes.
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Castle Rock State Park in California is using the KETOS water-monitoring system which conducts continuous tests of the park's drinking water.
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Improved autonomous vehicle technology could reduce the tens of thousands of annual U.S. deaths due to human error behind the wheel. Are driverless cars the next big public health intervention? -
Vermont, one of the nation’s most solar-friendly states, is about to find out what happens to when solar credits are reduced.
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Presidential candidates need to talk more about energy and address a tough question: What does the government do well on energy policy and what should it stay out of?
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Inside the inaugural session of a new forum for city-to-city collaboration.
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What is the months-long North Dakota Access Pipeline protest really about? A Native American scholar connects the dots to environmental justice and the legacy of U.S. colonialism.
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Poor thermostat settings are making people uncomfortable and wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, an analysis shows. What can be done about this?
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Every 20 years, the United Nations has a conference to discuss the future of cities. So far, it appears almost no mayors from America will attend.
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There is a way to improve safety across a rapidly evolving range of advanced mobility technologies and vehicles. The answer is connectivity.
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Modifying chemicals' molecular properties can make 'splitting' hydrogen from water more efficient.
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Academics are getting out of touch with the rest of society. This helps explains the sorry state of our public discourse on science.
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The federal government is working on initial guidelines that would set safety standards for autonomous vehicles. Questions and others concerning issues such as liability and insurance need to get ironed out.
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The first signs that humans were warming the climate appeared much earlier in the northern hemisphere -- way back in the 1830s. But now the trend is emerging all over the globe.
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From its peak in 2008, U.S. coal production has declined by 500 million tons per year — that’s 3,000 fewer pounds of coal per year for each man, woman and child.
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Fights over payments and charges for rooftop solar are getting a lot of attention, but the underlying issue is deeper and broader.
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Researchers used evidence from 1952 incident to show at air pollution exposure early in life leads to higher incidence of asthma during both childhood and adulthood.
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A new study shows most people would like others to buy cars programmed to save the lives of pedestrians, but would themselves prefer to ride in a driverless car that protected its own passengers at all costs.
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The $3.7 million initiative intends to install as many solar arrays as needed to generate 500,000 kilowatts of electricity.
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A former state regulator and member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission argues that subsidizing reactors to keep them running is unnecessary and will be bad for consumers and the environment.
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