Residential construction trends in America’s cities
2011 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report on shifts toward residential building in urban areas of the United States since the 1990s.
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Environmental and energy research websites
Compendium of websites with more information on environment, energy, climate and sustainability issues
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Climate impacts of land-use change in China
2009 study by the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research and the China Meteorological Administration on the climate impacts of land-use change in China.
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Health reform and medical bankruptcy in Massachusetts
2011 study in The American Journal of Medicine on the effects of state law on family health-finance crises.
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Financial literacy initiatives: What works? How could it be more effective?
2010 study by the Brookings Institution on helping members of the public make better financial decisions about their lives.
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Expanding U.S. broadband, Internet infrastructure
2010 report from the Pew Center on the States on the challenges the country faces in providing high-speed Internet access to all Americans.
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Networks of opportunity: Gender, race and job leads
2009 study in Social Problems journal on how access to employment information differs by ethnicity and sex.
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Food packaging, diet and BPA chemical exposure
2011 study published in Environmental Health Perspectives on chemicals in food packaging and their possible role in endocrine disruption.
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Lessons from no-fly zones in Iraq and Bosnia
2004 paper in the Journal of Strategic Studies on the dynamics of aerial campaigns over Iraq and Bosnia.
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Transgene flow in cotton seed production fields
2010 study by the University of Arizona on the reasons for gene flow between fields planted with genetically modified cotton and those with traditional varieties.
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