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S ection VI: N ature
and
S ustainability
Parks: Not Just for Picnics
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What’s That Forest Worth? Disaster Assistance (Finally!) Takes Nature Into Account
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Bridging a Gap on the Bronx River
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If It Doesn’t Have a Bench, Is It Still a Park?
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Mitchell Silver
Laurie Mazur
Veronica Vanterpool and Joan Byron Peter Harnik and Alexandra Hiple
S ection VII: E nergy People Power: How Residents of Northern Manhattan are Creating an Energy Revolution Aurash Khawarzad
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How to Get Solar Panels Onto More Affordable Apartment Buildings 153 Laurie Mazur
Oakland Rejects Coal Terminal, Sets Example on Climate Change
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Heat or Eat? New York Tackles Energy Costs and Climate Change
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Author Biographies
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Linda Rudolph and Keanan McGonigle Jeni Miller