Cities prove greener than the countryside

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US study claims metropolitan areas emit significantly less carbon on a per capita basis than rural communities

Cities emit less carbon on a per-capita basis than their rural counterparts, according to a new study of US metropolitan areas from the Brookings Institution. The report, Shrinking the Footprint of...

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