CASwiki news articles have a focus on news of community action for sustainability. This article is an offshoot from CASwiki's United States article and is for news and comment in that context. 2018Dec 3 Climate action USA: The two fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. right now are solar installers and wind technicians. [1] Dec 1 Climate news 2018: Bristol to Brooklyn, Paris to Pittsburgh: restless cities act themselves on climate crisis [2] How renters are becoming co-owners and co-developers, Nov 8 [3] 2017Canada: A Toolkit for Establishing a Great Lakes Commons, Sep 18 [4] California news: Check Out Toy Cycle, a New Platform for Families to Swap Toys, Aug 7 [5] North Carolina: How do you improve a neighborhood? In Belmont, looking to residents for answers, Jul 13 [6] Colorado: Denver to Get its First Tiny House Village for the Homeless, Jul 6 [7] California news: Sacramento Nonprofit Sol Collective Uplifts Communities Through Art and Activism, Jun 28 [8] Colorado: 5 Ways the Denver Public Library Supports the City's Homeless Population, Jun 8 [9] ‘Tomorrow’ reaches the US! Apr 24 [10] Cities are taking a new approach to homelessness, Apr 4 [11] Why Nonpartisan PAC EveryLibrary Defends the Future of Libraries, Feb 30 [12] The Veterinary Cooperative Helps Independent Veterinarians Thrive, Feb 13 [13] 2016EPA Finally Concludes Fracking Pollutes Drinking Water, Dec 13 [14] Walking Picks Up Speed, Nov 18 [15] John HancockVoice: How Mining, Oil And Gas Workers Are Retraining For The Solar Economy, Nov 10 [16] Public Food Forests on the Rise, Oct 24 [17] 3 American cities that use 100% renewable energy — and 7 that plan to join them within 20 years, Aug 13 [18] Obama makes new push on solar power, Jul 19 [19] How the humble bicycle is making a comeback in US cities, Jul 14 [20] The hot new trend in American infrastructure: Unpaved roads, Jul 12 [21] Walking Makes Strides in All Kinds of Communities, Jul 6 [22] Meet the Citizens Who Helped Decide Their City’s Budget—and Got Better Buses, Benches, and Crosswalks. Greensboro, North Carolina, is the first Southern city to give citizens direct control over a slice of public spending. May 20 [23] Want to Hire a Worker-Owned Co-op? There’s an App for That, Apr 20 [24] Coopify wants to bring a sense of community to the app-based booking world by connecting worker-owned cooperatives and other low-income task workers directly with consumers. Website Seeks to Make Government Data Easier to Sift Through, Apr 4 [25] A new study looks at why bike share is so much safer than regular biking, Apr 3 [26] “Solar Spring Break” Connects Students with Clean Power In Underserved Communities, Feb 29 [27] A New Advocacy Group Is Lobbying for the Right to Repair Everything, Feb 2 [28] 2015Six Foundations for Building Community Resilience [29] The Movement to Make Every American Community Walkable, November 13 [30] Communities Pushing For Legal Rights To Regain Power Over Fracking Companies, October 21 [31] How the decline of cars changes cities for the better, October 16 [32] If the U.S. government treated poor people as well as it treats banks, October 15 [33] Streets and Sidewalks Should Be Used to Improve Our Health, September 23 [34] Land Trusts Offer Houses That People With Lower Incomes Can Afford—And a Stepping Stone to Lasting Wealth, September 21 [35] Free Transit Attracts Riders, Helps Communities in More Ways Than One, September 16 [36] A Third American City Is Now Running Entirely On Renewable Energy, September 14 [37] Developers Build Walkable Neighborhoods With Focus on Community Wealth, September 2 [38] 5 New American Rail-Trails, Jul 27 [39] Iowa's Stunning Admission: We Need Fewer Roads, July 8 [40] Administration Announces New Initiative to Increase Solar Access for All Americans, July 7 [41] With driving down, there's a growing backlash against unnecessary highways, June 9 [42] Up to 90 percent of Americans could be fed entirely by local agriculture, June 2 [43] These American cities are fighting for control over electricity and the internet, April 21 [44] The Crackdown on Little Free Library Book Exchanges, February 20 [45] 2014Zero Vision: A plan to make our roads safe, August 14 [46] Supreme Court Decision on Cross-State Air Pollution Is a Major Victory for Public Health Tuesday, April 29 [47] 2013Welcome to Commonomics: How to Build Local Economies Strong Enough for Everyone, October 4 [48] 2012An Interconnected Park Web: How Greenways Create Healthy Communities, January 31 [49] 2010Designing for Democracy Consultation using a wiki, December 8 [50]
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Comment2019 Jan 8 California news: California’s rooftop solar mandate will normalize clean energy [51] 2018 Dec 17 Food USA: Back to the land: are young farmers the new starving artists? [52] Sep 8 To Restore Civil Society, Start With the Library [53] 2017 This Hawaiian mayor is scoring touchdowns for clean energy, Aug 8 [54] Texas: Austin's Ride-Hailing Saga Shows Need for More Local Empowerment, Jun 29 [55] Small Towns Can Be Resilient, Too, Mar 29 [56] Climate action USA: This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn't want it going to trial, Mar 9 [57] Can a New Town Square Bridge the Electoral Divide? Feb 27 [58] News sources and further reading
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