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San Francisco Snags World's First Airport Carbon Kiosks

San Francisco mayor and California gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom is attempting to jack up his eco-cred in a slightly controversial way by announcing the world's first airport carbon offset kiosk at San Francisco International ...READ»

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DataSF Allows San Francisco City Data to Be Mined, Mashed-Up

This past June, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom announced that city data from the SFEnvironment website would be used in an iPhone app to help residents find recycling drop-off points. Now the mayor (and future California ...READ»

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Five Cities That Got Civic Apps Before San Francisco (Sorry, Gavin)

This morning, San Francisco mayor (and 2010 gubernatorial candidate) Gavin Newsom announced the launch of DataSF.org, a Web site that will serve as a hub for the mountains of data streaming out of San Francisco's government agencies. ...READ»

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Letter from the Editor: Endless Energy

When staff writer Anya Kamenetz and her husband, an engineer at Google, went on their honeymoon, they set aside a week to volunteer at an AIDS hospice in Pune, India. The hospice, it turned out, desperately wanted its own Web site. ...READ»

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Gavin Newsom Wants to Be Governor of California. Would You Hire Him?

The controversial mayor of San Francisco wants to upgrade to the governor's mansion. Would you hire this pretty face to run the world's eighth-largest economy?READ»

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Government 2.0: San Francisco Releases EcoFinder iPhone App

The location-based app, released by Haku Wale, uses San Francisco's XML data feed to guide residents towards drop-off points for items like mercury-filled compact fluorescent bulbs, gas tanks, printer cartridges, and furniture.READ»

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UPDATE: Spy On Neighbors' Carbon Footprint With Cisco's Carbon Emissions Map

Let the carbon emissions neighborhood wars begin. Cisco Systems and San Francisco's Department of the Environment announced their collaboration recently on the Urban EcoMap, a free Web-based carbon footprint-tracking tool that ...READ»

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