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A team at the University of Alberta (Canada) is studying the factors that influence the decisions made by key stakeholders involved in neighborhood development. Land developers also noted Edmonton’s cold climate and plenty of space to keep pushing the boundaries of Edmonton, also lent to the pervasive car culture. Marianne Clark.
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Filed under: environment Tagged: California Crossroads , Creative Greenius , Food and Water Watch California , Holman Methodist Church , Joe Galliani , renewable energy , South Bay 350 Climate Action Group , South Bay Clean Power , South L.A.
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Greenius (white shirt) talks to Manhattan Beach Councilman Wayne Powell (center) and Councilman Mark Burton at the 2014 Manhattan Beach Earth Day Celebration. One of the biggest mistakes your friendly neighborhood Greenius made was back in the day when I first met Wayne Powell in 2009. Right on, Wayne!
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John’s Episcopal Church in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood. John’s listed its charger on EVmatch to make driving EVs easier for community members, many of whom rent or live in multi-family housing without a reliable place to charge, or other Chicagoans visiting the neighborhood in electric cars and needing a spot to charge up.
1 million Level 2 charging ports at publicly accessible locations—including high-density neighborhoods, office buildings, and retail outlets. City-to-city differences in climate, travel patterns, housing, charging preferences, and demographics aren’t considerations captured in other infrastructure assessments that we've seen.
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million grant through California Climate Investments (CCI), a statewide program designed to spend billions of cap-and-trade dollars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy, and improve public health—particularly in disadvantaged communities. The program is funded in part by a $1.7-million —Mayor Garcetti.
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