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![A white car sits in a parking lot attached to a Tesla charger.]()
![A white car sits in a parking lot attached to a Tesla charger.]()
Disabled drivers can’t use many electric car chargers. It doesn’t have to be this way.
If electric cars are the future, people with disabilities need to drive them.
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![A mural with the world Chicago on it next to an elevated train track and woman walking across a parking lot.]()
![A mural with the world Chicago on it next to an elevated train track and woman walking across a parking lot.]()
In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time
The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit.
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![A trash can floats through the Trent Court public housing project in New Bern, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence in September 2018.]()
![A trash can floats through the Trent Court public housing project in New Bern, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence in September 2018.]()
North Carolina tried to rebuild affordable housing after a hurricane. It took half a decade.
Documents show how federal paperwork delayed the state’s recovery from Hurricane Florence and left low-income renters in the lurch.
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![An electric Rivian delivery truck at an Amazon distribution facility in Aurora, Colorado.]()
![An electric Rivian delivery truck at an Amazon distribution facility in Aurora, Colorado.]()
The EPA’s push to clean up trucking goes way beyond 18-wheelers
Delivery trucks, school buses, and other short-haul vehicles will electrify much faster than big rigs, easing air pollution in urban neighborhoods.
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![Woman riding an electric bike in Denver]()
![Woman riding an electric bike in Denver]()
In Denver, e-bike vouchers run out as fast as Taylor Swift tickets
The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles traveled per week.
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![Heat waves emanate from the exhaust pipe of a bus as it passes an American flag.]()
![Heat waves emanate from the exhaust pipe of a bus as it passes an American flag.]()
With its new tailpipe rules, the EPA eyes an electric future
Automakers back the tighter emissions regulation, which climate advocates welcome but feel "falls far short of what is needed."
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![Collage of fragmented photos, which include a mix of railyard scenes and lively community gatherings]()
![Collage of fragmented photos, which include a mix of railyard scenes and lively community gatherings]()
Industry poisoned a vibrant Black neighborhood in Houston. Is a buyout the solution?
“Do you have to lose your history, your culture, or your identity in that process?”
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California towns are banning new gas stations. Big Oil is paying attention.
Some activists view the industry's response as a badge of success.
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![CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.]()
![CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.]()
Illinois EPA must revamp its permitting process after Chicago activists file civil rights complaint
“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”
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![brick row houses on a south side chicago street]()
![brick row houses on a south side chicago street]()
A geothermal energy boom could be coming to Chicago’s South Side
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys.
