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What Is a Tree Worth? Green-City Strategies, Signaling and Housing Prices

Cost-effectiveness of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Battery Capacity and Charging Infrastructure Investment for Reducing U.S. Gasoline Consumption

Incandescent, Compact Fluorescent and LED Lamps

Wind energy in the United States and globally: Research roundup

Ten key issues for covering bicycling and bike infrastructure in your community

Climate change, natural disasters and community resiliency: Research roundup

Global Land and Water Grabbing

Global Changes in Diets and the Consequences for Land Requirements for Food

Alternative Policies to Increase Recycling of Plastic Water Bottles in the United States

Comparing the Yields of Organic and Conventional Agriculture

U.S. Energy: Overview and Key Statistics

Oil Revenues for Public Investment in Africa: Targeting Urban or Rural Areas?

The Water Footprint of Humanity

U.N. Report: Findings on e-Waste Problems in Africa

Peer Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Panels

Energy and Economic Value of Non-recycled Plastics and Municipal Solid Wastes

Population of Gray Catbirds in the Suburban Matrix

Evaluating the Relative Environmental Impact of Countries

Sustainable Water Management in the U.S. Southwest

Global Phytoplankton Decline Over the Past Century

Who’s Winning the Clean Energy Race?

Global Versus Local Conservation for Endangered Bird Species

Offshore Wind Power and Transmission Grid Expansion

The Greenness of Cities: Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development

Comparing Price and Non-price Approaches to Urban Water Conservation

Mountaintop Mining Consequences

Global Potential for Wind-generated Electricity

Reflective Surfaces in Urban Areas: Global Cooling?

Stabilizing and Reducing U.S. Energy Consumption

Can Catch Shares Prevent Fisheries Collapse?

Ethanol: Law, Economics and Politics

Genetically Engineered Seeds and Crop Yields

Unlocking Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy

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