Joan Fitzgerald is professor of urban and public policy at Northeastern University. She is the author of Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development, and has just completed a new book, Greenovation.
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Cities on the Front Lines
Cities can promote green energy and local deliberations—what they need is more federal resources. Read more
Mass Transit in the Sun Belt
If you build it, they will come—but not if the system is skimpy and unreliable. Read more
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Moving People, Not Cars
Dedicated lanes for bikes and buses are a great idea. But there is only so much city street to go around. The missing link? Limiting cars. Read more
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The Green Wall Against Trump
He may repeal Obama’s Clean Power Plan, but states and cities can, and will, still do a lot to advance clean power. Read more
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Solar Eclipse?
Can the U.S. have a coherent solar policy in the face of China’s strategic trade moves? Read more
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Why Markets Can't Price the Priceless
It takes government planning to promote the rational conservation and use of water. Read more
Losing Our Future
If we don't develop a national industrial policy for clean-energy production, the strategies of other nations will displace American companies and jobs. Read more
Cities on the Front Lines
Conversion to solar and wind energy is an environmental necessity and an industrial opportunity. Success will require a concerted national policy. Read more
