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Energy: Curbing urban greed
Nature.com
An overview of resource-guzzling US cities has lessons for us all, finds David Orr. Austin Troy concludes The Very Hungry City by writing: “Good cities are good places to live. But they take work.” In the United States, that is both the promise and the ...

Dundalk Argus
'More' woe for depleted Dundalk
Dundalk Argus
There was more injury woe for Dundalk as they lost Declan Mccabe in the build-up to the scrum and the hosts forged further ahead five minutes later when winger David Clavin worked a neat one-two with his full back to plunder try number two.

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Gauging A City's Hunger For Energy
Vermont Public Radio
UVM Associate Professor and Author Austin Troy has studied cities around the world, including Burlington, to gauge their "energy metabolisms." He has chronicled the findings in his new book, "The Very Hungry City: Urban Energy Efficiency and the ...

UVM author argues energy waste will economically tax cities
BurlingtonFreePress.com
That's the thrust of “The Very Hungry City,” a book by University of Vermont faculty member Austin Troy that will be published Tuesday. He looks at how dozens of cities across the country, and abroad, make use of energy to heat and cool buildings, ...

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The Sentiments of Cities  WIRED

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A magical Mediterranean cruise  Hotelier Middle East

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Twitter Reveals When We're Happiest  LiveScience.com

Twitter Reveals When We're Happiest  Livescience.com

A New Jay Peak, in Vermont  The New York Times

Sand Springs Hunter Captures Image Of Big Cat On Camera  News On 6

Mystic band Barefoot Truth celebrates new LP at FTC show  Ct Post