Word: urban
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...ominous warming of the global climate. In the U.S., the vehicle population has grown six times as fast as the human population, reaching 176 million cars and trucks. American autos are 90% cleaner than they were three decades ago, but they still account for over a third of urban-area ozone. More than 125 million Americans breathe unhealthy air, and an estimated 15,000 die from it each year--a fact that led the Clinton Administration to tighten clean-air standards last summer...
...Although the electricity they put out is still far more expensive than that produced by conventional generators, solar cells are the least expensive source of power for rural homes not connected to a region's electric grid. Further advances may make solar power an economically attractive option for many urban buildings within the next decade...
Chan, a social studies concentrator and a native New Yorker, plans to obtain either a masters or a doctorate in European politics at Oxford. Chan, who is also a Crimson executive, said he has a particular interest in urban poverty...
...trend, which began in the back-to-nature '70s but stalled in the '80s, has roared back because of powerful technological forces that are decentralizing the American economy. The Internet and the overnight-shipping boom are enabling high-tech industries once tied to urban centers to settle in the countryside, creating jobs for skilled workers almost anywhere. There's a software-design company in Bolivar, Mo. (pop. 6,845); a big computer maker in North Sioux City, S.D. (pop. 2,019); a major catalog retailer in Dodgeville, Wis. (pop. 3,882), all attracting people who want to live in places...
Reason to Have Second Thoughts: Urban refugees bemoan the lack of diversity...