Climate Cities
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Feeling defeated? These solutions fight climate change and empower people
From tree-plantings to community gardens and citizen science, there's good work being done in America's cities, and it deserves a shout-out.
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Cities to suburbs: Where’s the transit love? Suburbs to cities: Where’s the bus?
After suburban voters torpedoed a tax to fund bus service in the Seattle Metro area, transit activists grapple with the sad reality: Maybe the ‘burbs just weren’t designed for buses.
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60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, segregation is poisoning young minds
Recent studies show that Latino kids are far more likely to attend schools near areas of heavy pesticide use. These chemicals can be detrimental to their health and ability to learn.
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The West Antarctic glaciers are breaking up with us
Latest studies show that the ice sheet's gradual disappearance is now irreversible, along with catastrophic, if slow, sea-level rise.
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This bill would help build the kinds of communities where millennials want to live
A new Senate proposal would make it easier for local governments to do transit-oriented development.
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5 exciting new ways New York can deal with storm surges and rising seas
The competition Rebuild By Design challenges designers to reimagine flood solutions in and around New York.
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Sorry, Vegas: You just can’t fake being prepared for climate change
Sin City is a master of fakery and impersonation. But behind the sunglasses, it has had to grapple with some thorny realities — and climate change is bringing more.
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Longtime Vegas water czar warns other cities to brace for climate change
Patricia Mulroy talks about climate adaptation, rancher Cliven Bundy, and the day she thought Las Vegas had run out of water.
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EPA takes on three villains at once: Pollution, climate change, and racism
Decades ago, the federal government recognized that people of color were getting unequal protection under environmental laws. That may finally change.
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Las Vegas’ binge drinking days are over. Can it survive the hangover?
Never mind those fountains, Sin City has gotten serious about water conservation. But with an ongoing drought and the looming threat of climate change, it will have to do a lot more.
