Californians are moving inland for cheaper housing, and finding extreme heat that keeps getting worse
Sharon Daniels, 66, had lived in Antioch, California, since 1984.
Environment
Sep 4, 2023
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News tagged with housing development
Red, white and solar: 160,000 military homes to get rooftop arrays
The last time I checked in with SolarCity was back in June when underwater hockey enthusiast Lyndon Rive's San Mateo, Calif.-based photovoltaic powerhouse had just received a whopping $280 million investment from that ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 12, 2011
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Economic growth and environmental sustainability
There are political and business leaders who do not care if economic growth causes environmental damage, and there are environmental advocates who do not believe you can have economic growth without causing environmental ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2020
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Why does the American middle class continue to struggle financially?
Since the mid-1980s, unrestrained household spending has damaged American family finances—despite the fact that globalization and technological change have caused consumer prices to fall widely, says Queens College sociologist ...
Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2013
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High-speed rail study finds that remote cities benefit from connection to global hubs
(Phys.org) —Bullet trains fuel real-estate booms, improve quality of life and create other unintended consequences by sharply reducing commute times from smaller cities to large megacities, economists from UCLA and China's ...
Economics & Business
Mar 20, 2013
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What a failed Johannesburg project tells us about mega cities in Africa
Six years ago a major development was announced in South Africa. Billed as a game changer, it was meant to alter the urban footprint of Johannesburg, Africa's richest city, forever.
Environment
Mar 6, 2019
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Ancient goddess sculpture found by farmer in Gaza Strip
A Palestinian farmer found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture while working his land in the southern Gaza Strip, ruling Hamas authorities announced Monday.
Archaeology
Apr 25, 2022
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India 'won't sign binding emissions pact': minister
India said Tuesday it would reject any global pact legally binding it to cut greenhouse gas emissions as such a move could stifle economic growth needed to eradicate poverty.
Environment
Dec 27, 2011
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Racial discrimination in mortgage market persistent over last four decades
A new Northwestern University analysis finds that racial disparities in the mortgage market suggest that discrimination in loan denial and cost has not declined much over the previous 30 to 40 years, yet discrimination in ...
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2020
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Decreasing development on forest and agricultural land partly driven by gas prices, study finds
A new study found a steep decline in the development of forest and agricultural land from 2000 to 2015 compared to the previous two decades, which resulted in a broad shift towards denser development patterns throughout the ...
Environment
Jan 27, 2022
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