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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

Green Car Congress

The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama ( earlier post ) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today.

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Worldwatch Institute study expects number of countries running high-speed rail nearly to double by 2014

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A 2006 study, High Speed Rail and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the US , released by the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, found that HSR lines in Europe and Japan released 30-70 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger-kilometer, versus 150 grams for automobiles and 170 grams for airplanes.

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EPA Study Finds Residential Construction Trends in US Metropolitan Regions Showing Substantial Shift, But Falling Short of Reshaping Sprawl

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In the housing boom between 2001 and 2005, the number of residential units built each year grew dramatically across all categories and regions. In 13 regions, infill development significantly increased but accounted for less than 25% of new residential units. In 12 regions, there was very little change in the distribution.

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The View From Here Today

Creative Greenius

Our neighborhood is called the “Hollywood Riviera&# because of its beautiful hillside homes with idyllic ocean views framed by palm trees. In 2001 she terminated our grass lawns and replaced them with drought tolerant plants because of her concerns for water use.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore. Though this was before Apple’s 2001 iPod made these devices popular worldwide, a number of MP3 players of varied quality were already on the market in the late 1990s.

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Homeland Security Now Combating Street Takeovers

The Truth About Cars

Despite originally being a counterterrorism agency formed in the panic following the World Trade Center attacks on September 11th, 2001, Homeland Security has become a catch-all federal policing agency. It's probably not something you'd want to see a lot of in your own neighborhood and there was some isolated violence.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

m Weatherization Assistance Programs ($5b) Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs ($300 million), Green Jobs ($500 million), Neighborhood Stabilization Programs ($2b).

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