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![Collage of three images — trucks spraying for mosquitos, micrograph of the pituitary gland, and an adult mosquito]()
![Collage of three images — trucks spraying for mosquitos, micrograph of the pituitary gland, and an adult mosquito]()
As climate change helps mosquitoes spread disease, critics push for alternatives to pesticides
In response to outbreaks of West Nile virus and EEE, cities spray chemicals to kill mosquitoes. Is there a better way?
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![Solar panels are seen hanging from the small balcony of a brick apartment building in Germany.]()
![Solar panels are seen hanging from the small balcony of a brick apartment building in Germany.]()
How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels
Meet balkonkraftwerk, the simple technology putting solar power in the hands of renters.
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![A subway train rolls into a station in Barcelona.]()
![A subway train rolls into a station in Barcelona.]()
Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations
Barcelona is using the regenerative braking of its subways to power trains, stations, and neighborhood EV chargers. Could New York do it too?
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The secret ingredient in Biden’s climate law? City trees.
Planting trees in cities sounds simple. Here's why the Forest Service is spending $1.5 billion on it.
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![A flooded house in Lumberton, North Carolina, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in 2018.]()
![A flooded house in Lumberton, North Carolina, in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence in 2018.]()
The US is finally curbing floodplain development, new research shows
“Routine municipal practices” are all it takes, but two problem states are defying the trend.
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![A group of elementary children wearing winter coats and backpacks stand on a street corner outside an elementary school waiting for crossing guards]()
![A group of elementary children wearing winter coats and backpacks stand on a street corner outside an elementary school waiting for crossing guards]()
London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids
Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.
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![A man in a tee shirt and jeans raises a pickup truck on a piece of orange machinery in a factory]()
![A man in a tee shirt and jeans raises a pickup truck on a piece of orange machinery in a factory]()
EV sales are growing. So why are automakers getting cold feet?
From Ford to Mercedes-Benz, major automakers are walking back aggressive electrification goals they set just a few years ago.
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Can the US census keep up with climate-driven displacement?
Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move.
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![A person stands on a city street wearing a helmet and talking to another person, also helmeted, on a bike, with another bike with a red bag with the letters GH on it in the foreground]()
![A person stands on a city street wearing a helmet and talking to another person, also helmeted, on a bike, with another bike with a red bag with the letters GH on it in the foreground]()
NYC’s food delivery workers are sweltering in the heat — and demanding more protection
"We risked our health for the delivery companies during COVID, and now we are doing it again."
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![A man pours a bucket of shells.]()
![A man pours a bucket of shells.]()
A new solution for flood-prone cities? Concrete made from shellfish waste.
Researchers have developed a type of concrete that uses discarded shells to trap water. It's now combating floods and food waste in urban gardens and along cycling paths.
