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Why you should listen to her: Majora Carter is a visionary voice in city planning who views urban renewal through an environmental lens. The South Bronx native draws a direct connection between ecological, economic and social degradation. Hence her motto:

Construction on the nation's first solar demonstration project in a highway right of way has begun. At the Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 interchange in Tualatin, Oregon, 594 solar panels are being installed on a strip of land beside the highway roughly the length of two football fields. Governor Ted Kulongoski, with transportation and utilities officials, broke ground on Thursday on the all-Oregon project.

'It's like 10 electric razors running at once,' said one resident. 'A powerful generator,' confirmed another. Harbormaster Ted Rose stressed the seriousness of the problem. 'Sometimes it gets so loud you have to talk above it. It can drown out conversations and wake people from a dead sleep.'