U.S. rent has increased 175% faster than household income over past 20 years
Bright lights, big city.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2021
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Electric vehicles as an example of a market failure
Electric vehicle revolution is well under way. Norway ambitiously heads toward having all new cars sold as zero-emission by 2025. China continues to be one of the major drivers of EV boom. The US market experiences strong ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 20, 2019
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Study finds US does not have housing shortage, but shortage of affordable housing
The United States is experiencing a housing shortage. At least, that is the case according to common belief—and is even the basis for national policy, as the Biden administration has stated plans to address the housing ...
Economics & Business
Jun 17, 2024
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The Brazil resort town disappearing into the sea
Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape.
Environment
Feb 14, 2022
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Renting a home is clearly better than buying in much of the nation
The cost of homeownership is outpacing the cost of renting across the United States, and the discrepancy between the two is rising sharply in parts of the Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, according to the latest ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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How far has nuclear fusion power come? We could be at a turning point for the technology
Our society faces the grand challenge of providing sustainable, secure and affordable means of generating energy, while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net zero around 2050.
General Physics
Dec 7, 2022
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Low-income renters can't afford rent in nearly 45% of America's largest metro areas
Metro areas in the United States have become increasingly unaffordable to residents, especially Black and Latino Americans, finds a new report from the USC Dornsife Equity Research Institute (ERI), published by the National ...
Economics & Business
Jun 17, 2022
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Sun Belt cities comprise nearly half of U.S. population growth
The Sun Belt's large metro areas are growing much faster than those elsewhere in the United States, and they are adding more young and old residents than the rest of the nation, according to a new white paper from Rice University's ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2020
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Carbon storage in harvested wood products
Wood is infinitely useful. Critically important for our changing climate, trees store carbon. When trees are harvested for wood products like lumber, some of that carbon continues to be stored. Even after a wood product is ...
Environment
Aug 11, 2022
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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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