In the sprawling, fast-growing desert city of Las Vegas, where a dancing water fountain is a big tourist draw, "green" is more suggestive of dollar bills than of a governing philosophy. But the city known for excess is learning to manage its resources.
We are witnessing two migrations: One is a continuation of the California dream. The other no one talks about, though it affects nearly everyone I know.
Navy may have stored radioactive chemicals and ran radiation lab on hilltop area that was long-assured to be clean—and where whistleblowers say they discovered toxic contamination.
American transportation is a mess. As the costs of repairs rise—fixing U.S. transportation would cost nearly the entire annual federal budget—and automotive technology advances, cars, often seen as a problem, may be our best hope.