A new ordinance now requires all businesses in Minneapolis to offer recycling....More

PTI has released a tutorial on how cities and counties can promote smart grid development and how they will benefit from a stronger power supply....More

Web application invites residents to participate in Philadelphia's efforts to expand and track its urban canopy....More

San Francisco builds new place to play for adults and children....More

Achieving sustainability remains an important goal of many local governments, but turning abstract goals into concrete action remains a challenge, according to a new survey from the International City/County Management Association....More

Jessica Sprajcar,conservation program manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources' Office of Conservation Science, took this photo in June at the Poole Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus, Pa., during the Lehigh County, Pa., Sustainable Landscapes Bus Tour....More

Faye Outlaw, American City & County's 2011 County Leader of the Year, has helped her community withstand the strong winds of financial challenges by creating a sustainable future....More

Hillsborough County, Fla., plans to install 10 electric vehicle charging stations around the county in October as part of a pilot program it is undertaking in anticipation of an increase in electric vehicle use by residents....More

Extreme weather, such as the heavy rain that caused flooding, the tornados that ripped through the Midwest and South, and droughts in the West, all represent a "new normal" for which governments must plan,...More

Washington is taking steps to eliminate coal-fired energy in the state....More

New York has passed a set of ordinances to make the Big Apple’s rooftops greener and the city cooler....More