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Summer In The City: Urban Strategies for Keeping Cool

Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn’t it a pity Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head Really, when you look at most of the lists of ways to keep cool, you would think that everyone in America lived in a detached house in the ‘burbs. But lots of people live in cities and apartments where suggestions like “don’t use the dryer” or “plant a tree” are not relevant. How do you keep cool in the city?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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San Jose, CA Considers Privatizing Municipal Water to Bail Out Budget

Photo via Alex E. Proimos San Jose, California is having a lot of trouble closing its budget deficit. After cutting back on public benefits like library hours and reducing pay for city workers, it is now looking at selling municipal water to a private corporation for a gain of around $50 million. Mayor Chuck Reed told Mercury News, “I’m trying to be creative about balancing the budget. This is an obvious potential source of money, and I have to look at it seriously… I’d like to put it up on eBay and see what we can get.”… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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San Jose, CA Considers Privatizing Municipal Water to Bail Out Budget