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• What Makes a Schwinn Bike?
• Jun. 28, 2013
• Schwinn bikes first appeared on streets in the 19th century and were built in such a unique way that decades-old Schwinns can still be seen in Chicago and other bike-friendly cities.

• Mass. Uses Popularity of ‘Green’ to Its Advantage
• Jun. 28, 2013
• Massachusetts was the first state to offer so-called green bonds to fund environmentally friendly projects. The only thing new about the bonds, though, is the word ‘green’ -- a small addition that may be making the state big bucks.

• Denver’s Making Public Housing Desirable
• Jun. 28, 2013
• Denver’s newest development will promote healthy living, mass transit and energy efficiency. It also happens to be public housing.

• L.A.'s Bike Share Hits a Roadblock
• Jun. 28, 2013
• The company behind the plan to place as many as 4,000 rental bikes around the city delays the launch after learning it can't sell advertising on its kiosks.

• Chicago's Bike Share to Roll Out Friday
• Jun. 27, 2013
• The city follows Washington, D.C., and New York City in offering such a program.

• It's Getting Hot in Here
• Jun. 25, 2013
• Noting that last year was the warmest ever for most states, President Obama released a plan to combat climate change that builds on states' actions around renewable energy development and energy efficiency.

• Pollution-Plagued Utah Governor Backs New Emissions Rules
• Jun. 25, 2013
• Gov. Gary Herbert has thrown his support behind clean-vehicle and clean-fuel standards that are expected to have a bigger impact in Utah than anywhere else in the nation.

• Some of Nation's Worst Water Pipes in Washington Metro Area
• Jun. 25, 2013
• The Maryland suburbs have more of a notoriously problematic stock of pipe than almost any major U.S. water utility.

• States Keep Renewable Energy Incentives Despite Push to Repeal
• Jun. 24, 2013
• No state this year repealed its renewable energy requirement, lowered its percentage mandate or extended utilities’ deadlines for meeting it, though several lobby groups pushed state legislatures to repeal them.

• Water Issues at Heart of Secession Threat in Colorado
• Jun. 24, 2013
• Weld County commissioners want to create a new state to allow northeast Colorado's robust agriculture and oil and gas industries to thrive under regulations of their own design — rules different than those created through the influence of the state's urban lawmakers.

• Washington State Didn’t Flag Skagit Bridge Despite Repeated Truck Hit
• Jun. 21, 2013
• Washington state’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has known since the 1970s that the Interstate 5 bridge that recently collapsed after being clipped by a truck hauling an oversize load had been struck repeatedly in the past by similar big rigs.

• Marijuana Crops Threaten Wildlife, Forests in California
• Jun. 21, 2013
• And local and state jurisdictions’ ability to deal with the problem has been hobbled by, among other things, the drug’s murky legal status.

• Illinois' New Fracking Regulations Some of Nation's Strictest
• Jun. 18, 2013
• Gov. Pat Quinn has signed signed sweeping legislation to regulate horizontal hydraulic fracturing Illinois, which includes some of the tightest restrictions on oil and gas companies in the nation.

• Fracking Fuels Water Battles in Drought Plagued States
• Jun. 18, 2013
• In Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, the vast majority of the counties where fracking is occurring are also suffering from drought, according to an Associated Press analysis of industry-compiled fracking data and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s official drought designations.

• New England States Look to Increase Hydropower
• Jun. 17, 2013
• Hydropower could play a larger role in New England’s energy mix as five of the region’s states, including Massachusetts, move to import more of it -- most likely from Canada -- and at least one has passed a law that could allow electricity from large-scale hydroelectric dams to be classified as green as wind or solar energy.