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Could your next car be an e-bike?
Here’s how much cash and carbon you’d save by opting for an electric bike.
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![the sun shine off a row or large solar panels in a grassy area next to a road with cars]()
![the sun shine off a row or large solar panels in a grassy area next to a road with cars]()
That empty space next to highways? Put solar panels on it.
Roadside solar fields across the country could power up to 12 million electric vehicles.
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![Solar panels in Laudun L'ardoise, France]()
![Solar panels in Laudun L'ardoise, France]()
France to require all large parking lots to be covered by solar panels
The move could generate enough energy to power over 8 million homes.
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![Governor Gavin Newsom stands next to a car holding an electric charger pointing it as though it were a gun]()
![Governor Gavin Newsom stands next to a car holding an electric charger pointing it as though it were a gun]()
How California’s initiative to fund electric vehicles went terribly wrong
Prop 30 had widespread support. Then Governor Newsom and billionaires got involved.
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![Yellow caution sign in California warning of flood zone due to rain]()
![Yellow caution sign in California warning of flood zone due to rain]()
Study: Los Angeles’ major flood risk is much higher than previously thought
A 'hundred-year flood' would disproportionately affect the county's Black communities.
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![a black and yellow electric school bus sits in an outdoor parking lot]()
![a black and yellow electric school bus sits in an outdoor parking lot]()
US unveils $1 billion effort to electrify school buses
Electric buses are coming to nearly 400 school districts.
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![Construction workers at the site of a flood defense project on the east side of Manhattan.]()
![Construction workers at the site of a flood defense project on the east side of Manhattan.]()
A decade after Sandy, Manhattan’s flood barrier is finally in sight — sort of
The “Big U” shows how climate adaptation can succeed. It also shows how hard it is.
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![NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses]()
![NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses]()
How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy
The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain.
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![two people look up at a brown tree during the drought]()
![two people look up at a brown tree during the drought]()
Cities want more trees. Drought is complicating their efforts.
As water resources dwindle, Western communities are investing in new ways to ensure young trees survive.
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UN countries adopt ‘aspirational’ net-zero goal for aviation
A new framework will require countries to buy carbon offsets if their air travel emissions keep growing.
