Climate Cities
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Atlantic City can’t afford to roll the dice on sea-level rise
With more frequent floods, many East Coast cities are looking at becoming the next Atlantis.
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‘Moment of reckoning:’ U.S. cities burn recyclables after China bans imports
Residents of cities like Chester, outside Philadelphia, fear a rise in pollution from incinerators after China’s recycling ban.
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Youth-led climate protests sweep across Europe
European students are too cool for school -- and they know the planet is too hot for inaction.
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The Green New Deal is already at work in one Portland neighborhood
How one community is building a green workforce to combat climate change.
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Solar-power benefits aren’t reaching communities of color
A new study in Nature Sustainability finds racial and ethnic disparities in rooftop solar adoption, even controlling for income and homeownership.
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Gavin Newsom talks tough (with pie charts!) about California’s climate goals
Gavin Newsom says California towns must allow new construction near transit or face his wonky wrath.
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After Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken rebuilt itself for climate change
Six years after Hurricane Sandy, Hoboken, New Jersey, is redesigning itself with an eye toward the storms of the future.
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Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting
Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them.
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Think NYC’s L train fiasco is bad? Just wait until storms swamp JFK Airport
Welcome to infrastructure planning in the era of rapid climate change.
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Elon Musk’s tunnel vision totally misses the point
If the point of Musk’s overly complex system is to move actual people, not cars, this is a very bad idea.