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Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation.
As heavy rains overwhelm aging pipes, Boston and NYC are choosing very different paths forward.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels.
Nearly $1B in federal funding could help clean up the unequal health impacts of diesel pollution.
The powerful storm caught many people off guard as it drove through six states. As devastating as it was, did Helene truly change anything?
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.
A quarter of marine life depends on coral reefs. So do 1 billion people.
The unseasonal heat in Brazil is bad news for the world's supply of coffee and soybeans.