Using Waste, Swedish City Shrinks Its Fossil Fuel Use

New York Times by By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Dec. 11, 2010 (Special Report)

...the city and surrounding county, with a population of 80,000, essentially use no oil, natural gas or coal to heat homes and businesses, even during the long frigid winters. Full Story »

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Topics: Energy, Wisconsin, Biofuels
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Posted by: Posted by Lynn Caporale - Dec 10, 2010 - 10:02 PM PST
Reviewed by: Lynn Caporale (review), Ingrid Harris (review)
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Edited by: Lynn Caporale - Dec 11, 2010 - 7:30 AM PST

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 by Lynn Caporale - Dec. 11, 2010

A successful case study is put into its historical local context, while also providing multiple examples of how the forces that enabled it relate to forces in effect in multiple locations in other countries.

Kristianstad’s energy makeover is rooted in oil price shocks of the 1980s, when the city could barely afford to heat its schools and hospitals More »

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