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Inside Vancouver’s plan to be the greenest city in the world
A decade-long sustainability moonshot shows it's not always easy for cities going green.
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![Tall buildings in a city near water with a large, green tree-filled park in the foreground]()
Vancouver promised to be the greenest city in the world by 2020. Here’s what went wrong (and right).
Miles of new bike lanes and light rail lines just weren’t enough.
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When the earth shakes in South LA, the results can be toxic
Friday's earthquake underscored the deadly risks in a region defined by both natural disasters and the fossil fuel industry.
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Floods, power outages, no running water: Jails during Hurricane Ida
Louisiana plans extensively for hurricanes -- but not for protecting its 50,000 residents behind bars.
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California seeks to make its low-carbon living more affordable
Three new laws promise to make cities denser and fairer.
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Report: To close the park access gap, open up schoolyards
Opening up schoolyards to the public would give 20 million more Americans access to a park.
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One tiny chip is choking up America’s largest automotive factories
What it means for the transition to electric vehicles.
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![Emory and Henry Peters, 2, walk with their nanny Cynthia Chavez at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The unusual orange and red-hued skies were a result of smoke from the Northern California wildfires.]()
![Emory and Henry Peters, 2, walk with their nanny Cynthia Chavez at Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The unusual orange and red-hued skies were a result of smoke from the Northern California wildfires.]()
Wildfire smoke claims more than 33,000 lives each year, new study finds
And that number doesn't even account for long-term exposure.
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Hurricane Ida shows how New Orleans is still trying to police its way out of disasters
The city elevated an “anti-looting” task force without mentioning how police would offer supportive services as the entire city lost power.
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Leaded gasoline is finally gone – but its toxic legacy lingers
"The lead is still there in the soil.”
