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Guardian Environmental Network
By Jeff Turrentine
Time to Put Another $1 Billion in the Meter
the human landscape | (3) Comments
June 6, 2013: “Cheap” street parking isn’t really cheap. And “free” street parking is not free. Why don’t more cities treat that super-sweet parking space that just opened up as the valuable commodity it really is?
L.A. Takes the High Road
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May 22, 2013: The City of Angels has gone by a few other names: city of water theft, city of gridlock, city of sprawl. But the place where people have always gone to re-make themselves may finally be re-making itself.
A Desire Named Streetcar
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May 15, 2013: They’re all the rage among cities hoping to become the next Portlandia. But do streetcars lead to cool, dense, economically vibrant urban cores—or is it the other way around?
Neighborhood Watch
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March 1, 2013: Memo to suburbanites: Don't believe the "Agenda 21" conspiracy theorists. Nobody's coming for your private property.
When Atlas Shrugs, Give Him a Forklift
the human landscape | (1) Comments
February 22, 2013: President Obama’s ideas for repairing our crumbling infrastructure should appeal to all Americans -- even those who didn’t stand up for him at the State of the Union.
A New Prognosis
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February 21, 2013: A scientist monitors the inextricable connections between the planet's fragile health and our own
Walkable City
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January 8, 2013: Why have we designed modern cities to go against human nature? A new book explores how to realign our cities with our behavior.
Thinking Outside the Big Box: From a Wal-Mart's Ashes, a Stunning Library
the human landscape | (1) Comments
September 5, 2012: In McAllen, Texas, an abandoned Wal-Mart is reimagined as a community gem.
True Believer
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September 4, 2012: Scientist and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe has learned how to reconcile two belief systems that are often at odds in the bitter debate over climate change.
Making the Case
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August 22, 2012: A pioneering litigator inspires his legal staff to battle big polluters and their powerful allies.
Atlanta's Transportation Politics: How to Vote Against Your Own Self-Interest
the human landscape | (1) Comments
August 13, 2012: On July 31, voters in and around Atlanta had the opportunity to solve some of their most intractable transportation and infrastructure problems by approving a one-cent sales tax increase. Had it passed, the referendum item... read more >
What the Climate Deniers Will Find in My Email Exchange With a Top Scientist
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July 16, 2012: Late last week it was reported that the American Tradition Institute, a conservative think tank, filed Freedom of Information Act requests with universities and other publicly funded institutions seeking any and all e-mail... read more >
Jeff Turrentine
Jeff Turrentine is OnEarth's articles editor. A former editor at Architectural Digest and reporter for The Washington Post, his writing and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times Book Review, Slate, and other publications.
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