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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, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Inc., speaks at an unveiling event for The Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel December 18, 2018 in Hawthorne, California.]()
![Elon Musk, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tesla Inc., speaks at an unveiling event for The Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel December 18, 2018 in Hawthorne, California.]()
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.
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40 million Americans depend on the Colorado River. It’s drying up.
Prompted by years of drought and mismanagement, a series of urgent multi-state meetings are currently underway to renegotiate the use of the Colorado River.
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![The city of Katowice is ready for COP24, the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.]()
![The city of Katowice is ready for COP24, the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.]()
How cities can lead on climate change solutions
The latest United Nations climate change report paints a dire picture, but IPCC co-chair Debra Roberts says urban residents have a critical role to play in addressing the crisis.
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We broke down what climate change will do, region by region
Yeah, we read each chapter of the National Climate Assessment so you don't have to.
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Candy wrappers, floss, tampons: The secret ingredients of sewer-clogging fatbergs
Meet the world's funkiest mounds of grease and garbage.
