Articles by Syris Valentine
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![Tourists visiting San Francisco ride their rented Scoot electric scooters down Market Street.]()
![Tourists visiting San Francisco ride their rented Scoot electric scooters down Market Street.]()
8 years into America’s e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?
The climate benefits of shared e-scooters depend upon how companies deploy and manage them, and what steps are taken to keep riders safe.
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![Hindreds of youth climate activists hold banners during a demonstration demanding action to address climate change on March 15, 2019 in Paris.]()
![Hindreds of youth climate activists hold banners during a demonstration demanding action to address climate change on March 15, 2019 in Paris.]()
Bloomberg funds youth-led climate action in 100 cities worldwide
The grants will ensure young activists can shape local climate actions.
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![US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a briefing on community climate action alongside Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Eli Allen, Senior Program Director of Civic Works Baltimore, and Kristal Hansley, CEO and Founder of WeSolar, at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, July 14, 2023.]()
![US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a briefing on community climate action alongside Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Eli Allen, Senior Program Director of Civic Works Baltimore, and Kristal Hansley, CEO and Founder of WeSolar, at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, July 14, 2023.]()
These ‘green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
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![Crews on a ridgeline prepare to install a huge rotor on a wind turbine on Altamont Pass in the San Francisco Bay Area.]()
![Crews on a ridgeline prepare to install a huge rotor on a wind turbine on Altamont Pass in the San Francisco Bay Area.]()
US experienced staggering growth in solar and wind power over the last decade
Nearly a quarter of the nation's grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals.
