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![man in yellow construction vest bends over street flooded with water measuring depth with ruler. Bottom of the screen is red brick road]()
![man in yellow construction vest bends over street flooded with water measuring depth with ruler. Bottom of the screen is red brick road]()
Cities’ biggest obstacle to flood-proofing isn’t money: It’s 50-year-old rainfall data.
Cities say they can’t plan for tomorrow’s storms using yesterday’s data.
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![Event tents and stages at SoFi Stadium will worsen the scarcity of parking spaces for Super Bowl Sunday. Nearby home and business owners will open their property for parking but for a very steep price.]()
![Event tents and stages at SoFi Stadium will worsen the scarcity of parking spaces for Super Bowl Sunday. Nearby home and business owners will open their property for parking but for a very steep price.]()
The NFL tried to make this year’s Super Bowl its greenest yet. Inglewood residents aren’t impressed.
Tree-planting initiatives and social programs have failed to convince many that the pollution and disruption caused by the big game are worth it.
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![Pete Buttigieg stands between two black electric cars.]()
![Pete Buttigieg stands between two black electric cars.]()
Biden’s 500,000 EV charging stations get a $5 billion start
Pete Buttigieg on the administration's plan for ultrafast charging.
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![Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras in North Carolina]()
![Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras in North Carolina]()
US flood risk is about to explode — but not for the reasons you think
A new study projects that the number of Americans exposed to flooding will double in 30 years. Development is largely to blame.
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![collage of places in United Arab Emirates, oil rig, solar panels]()
![collage of places in United Arab Emirates, oil rig, solar panels]()
‘Obsessed with optics’: The paradoxes of the UAE’s plan to get to net zero
The UAE was my home. Its policies could make it uninhabitable.
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![Photo: A hot day in the Edison-Eastlake neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ.]()
![Photo: A hot day in the Edison-Eastlake neighborhood of Phoenix, AZ.]()
How to cool one of the fastest-warming cities in the West
In Phoenix, a new heat office hopes to prevent more people from dying of extreme heat.
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![A Houston apartment floods following Hurricane Harvey.]()
![A Houston apartment floods following Hurricane Harvey.]()
Why renters are uniquely vulnerable to climate disasters
The U.S. housing market is tight — and 40 percent of rental units are in the path of disaster.
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How NYC’s public housing authority plans to transform the market for clean heat
Electrifying apartment buildings is tough. A new heat pump design could make it easier.
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In Michigan, a new housing project shows that sustainable development isn’t only for the rich
Urban planners see it as a building model in a climate-conscious world.
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![A long line of cars and trucks move along a notorious stretch of highway in New York City's Bronx.]()
![A long line of cars and trucks move along a notorious stretch of highway in New York City's Bronx.]()
In an East Coast first, New Jersey will phase out diesel trucks
New Jersey joins California, Oregon, and Washington in setting ambitious goals to electrify trucks by 2035.
