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Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation.
The past 10 years revealed how government failures at every level could effectively kill a city, turning it into a "ghost town."
Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels.
A couple hundred overlooked public officials control the U.S. power grid — and some of them are on your ballots.
A sweeping plan to build 21 gigawatts of solar plus batteries on 136,000 acres could be a lifeline for Central Valley farmers facing devastating water shortages.
Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
It’s the latest evidence that we have left the bounds of “normal” weather on a “normal” planet.
How the necessary work of cleaning up can make an even bigger mess.
Modern-day colonialism is enabling Trump's deep-sea mining ambitions in the Pacific.