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Five more nuclear plants on the horizon for Wyoming, Utah

A second wave of advanced nuclear reactors could be coming to Wyoming.

Denver Supportive Housing Experiment Breaks Street-to-Jail Cycle

Police spend thousands of hours arresting unhoused people for committing nonviolent crimes. Housing people works better, research shows. 

Nailable solar shingles for the home

New solar shingles can be installed in the same way as traditional roof shingles, saving both time and money on solar roof installation

Yard waste has lots of value if you leave it alone

Leaving fallen leaves and other yard waste alone can do great things for the climate, a working paper shows.

Portland General Electric Company Buys Into Montana Wind Farm

Portland General Electric’s (PGE) portion of the Clearwater Wind project is scheduled to be operational by December 31, 2023 and will provide PGE customers with additional power for approximately 125,000 homes.

Has Berkeley declared a ‘war on cars’? One bike lane has come to symbolize a larger battle

Across the region, cyclists are demanding safe, unfettered access — and in some cases, a complete redesign of cities’ busiest arteries. Motorists and business owners push back, invoking a “war on cars” and even accusing urban planners of demagoguery.

Cities Rethinking the Value of Parking

After Toronto allowed some on-street parking spaces on main roads to be used as patios during the pandemic, an analysis suggested that this generated far more revenue than in their original use.

San Francisco has just over 20 Salesforce Tower’s (SF’s tallest building has 1.35 million square feet of office space across its 59 floors) worth of office space available

As companies face economic uncertainty, office vacancies in San Francisco continue to grow

Hug Your Super-Efficient Water Heater On Heat Pump Water Heater Day

Heat pump water heaters are the silver bullet to this problem. They are 2–4 times more efficient than a fossil gas or electric resistance water heater, emit little if any CO2 (depending on your electricity mix), and cost you around $100 a year to operate, which saves the average family of four $470 a year. And they heat water faster than electric resistance water heaters, which are in half the homes nationwide. 

Researchers develop technology for 10-minute charging EV batteries

Adding a nickel foil to EV batteries could speed up charge time while also reducing battery size and saving resources, time, and money