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D.C.’s crap is finally being put to good use: Generating clean energy
Utility D.C. Water is turning poop into power.
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Who are the rich Californians using millions of gallons of water a year? It’s a secret
California’s public water agencies are allowing residents to use as much water as they want to buy -- even in the middle of a drought.
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Meet the drought-stricken communities of California’s San Joaquin Valley
After years of drought and shortsighted land-use planning, the water crisis has intensified for residents in California's self-reliant communities.
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Does the United Nations’ new global sustainability agenda mean anything for cities?
The U.N.'s new development goals are lofty and ambitious. The devil, as usual, is in the details of the metrics.
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Good news: Global health is actually improving. Huzzah, civilization!
The latest data shows we've made impressive strides on human life expectancy around the world.
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U.S. and China pledge city and state climate action
The next step in the two superpowers' climate partnership is getting cities and states to step up their green game.
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You don’t even wanna know what happens if we burn all the fossil fuels
But it involves no more Antarctic ice and WAY more ocean.
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New York’s natural gas pipelines are leakier than your grandpa
Old infrastructure is spewing a greenhouse gas all over Manhattan.
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Low-income, black women largely ignored in Katrina recovery
Ten years later, some women say they feel like they were better off before the storm.
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New Orleans’ transit system still hasn’t recovered, 10 years after Katrina
And it wasn't good to begin with.
