Climate Cities
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Cities are investing billions in new sewage systems. They’re already obsolete.
The use of decades-old rainfall estimates do not reflect current – let alone future – climate risk.
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The Postal Service plans to spend billions on gas-powered vehicles
The Postal Service's decision is a major blow to the Biden administration’s climate goals.
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America’s largest inland port is running out of water
The proposed solution — a 31-mile-long pipeline draining Lake Michigan — is dividing residents of Joliet, Illinois.
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How two years of community protest blocked this Chicago scrapyard
The decision, spurred by a hunger strike and a federal civil rights investigation, is a major win for environmental justice fights nationally.
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The Biden administration is updating truck pollution standards
"We really should have been doing this yesterday"
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Biden administration could finally define what ‘clean’ manufacturing is
The federal government wants to use its massive buying power to clean up heavy industry.
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A California county moves to protect children from lead poisoning — but some aren’t ready for the solution
Decision to ban sale of leaded aviation fuel triggers pushback from FAA and pilots.
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The American dream is now a huge electric truck
Carmakers no longer worry that EVs aren’t tough enough to market during the Super Bowl.
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Cities’ biggest obstacle to flood-proofing isn’t money: It’s 50-year-old rainfall data.
Cities say they can’t plan for tomorrow’s storms using yesterday’s data.
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The NFL tried to make this year’s Super Bowl its greenest yet. Inglewood residents aren’t impressed.
Tree-planting initiatives and social programs have failed to convince many that the pollution and disruption caused by the big game are worth it.