Energy & Environment
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Focus on Finance: A Metropolis in the Desert
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Neal Young from the City of Phoenix talks about sustainable growth, transportation, solar energy, budgeting, and pensions in the nation’s Sunbelt.
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Enduring the Heat: Could residential air conditioning mitigate the danger of global climate change?
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From the US experience, the adoption of residential air conditioning appears to be a promising way to reduce heat-related mortality rates in developing countries.
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Are Large Cities More Pollution Efficient?
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New research explores how population size relates to CO2 emissions efficiency.
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If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Design a Better Study: Insights into Residential Energy Conservation
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Carefully designed randomized trials could help to assess which low-cost efficiency measures have the most notable effect on heating related energy consumption.
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Ethanol’s Mixed Benefits and Crippling Costs
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New research suggests corn ethanol mandates are having minimal success in achieving their goals while contributing to massive increases in food prices in the United States and across the world.
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Growing Partnerships: Public Gardens Are Helping Cities Address Urban Challenges
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A new study examines the role that public garden partnerships can play during times of urban scarcity.
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Why We’ll Need More Than Just Inhalers if Climate Change and Air Pollution Persist
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A large, multi-country study in Europe demonstrates a synergistic relationship between climate change and air pollution and their negative effects on respiratory health.
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Short-Circuiting: Budgeting Instability Reduces Alternative Energy Innovation
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Instability in federal alternative energy investment is shown to reduce innovation in the sector.
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Your Mother-in-Law Should Take the “El” and Other Insights Into the Value of Public Transportation
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The public benefits of mass transit resulting from a reduction in traffic alone outweigh the cost of public investment in infrastructure in the LA metropolitan area.
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Rising Fuel Costs Drive Up Carpooling Rates
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A new study finds that drivers respond to higher fuel prices by forming more carpools and finding substitute modes of transportation.
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Wheels in Motion: Should Cities Get Behind Car Sharing?
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A new study explores the ups and downs of car sharing in a complex transportation market.