Via China Daily, a look at the power of financial incentives on water savings: Hebei, the province neighboring Beijing, has seen more water saved since it started to levy a tax on water resources about a year ago. The province replaced water fees with the country’s first pilot region for charging a water tax in […]
Read more »Via Fast Company, a report on a Dutch company linking home energy producers with consumers wanting clean energy: In the Netherlands, a marketplace called Power Peers is linking up home energy producers with consumers wanting clean energy. You can buy the solar power from your parents’ panels even if they live 200 miles away. You can buy […]
Read more »Via the Brookings Institute, a look at how an urban water market might work in Los Angeles: Water infrastructure challenges are numerous and widespread across the country, from massive lead service line replacements needed in Michigan to combined sewer overflows in New Jerseyto resilience concerns in Louisiana. Since the country’s water infrastructure is so highly localized and fragmented – with […]
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