Climate Cities
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This transit experiment is a cross between Uber and the bus
Watch us race to a local park and figured out a few pros and cons along the way.
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The Notre Dame disaster carpeted Paris with lead dust
A French environmental group is suing the city over widespread lead dust contamination released in the historic cathedral fire on April 15.
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Natural gas leaks are a much bigger problem than we thought
Major U.S. cities are leaking methane at twice the rate calculated by the EPA.
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Berkeley bans: straws, plastic bags — and now gas pipelines too
Everyone can be a "valve turner" for their own home.
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Bathtubs, paint, and couches land in Seattle’s homeless encampments. Guess who gets punished?
In Seattle, homeowners dump their garbage in homeless encampments and the city uses trash buildup as a reason to clear encampments with no notice.
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What will be left when we’re gone? Bones, plastic, and radioactive waste.
Robert Macfarlane goes underground to see how humans will be remembered.
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Climate action could avert hundreds of heat-related deaths in these 15 U.S. cities
You might want to pay attention, Miami.
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Is biking in the city worth breathing all the polluted air?
In other words: How does this huge societal problem negatively affect me, specifically?
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The YIMBYs are coming for your single-family neighborhood
Many U.S. cities are booming -- and experiencing housing crunches as a result. Here's a look at two cities that tried to do something about it.
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New map shows all the cities leading the world in climate action
Did yours make the list?
