Ysabelle Kempe
EditorYsabelle joined Smart Cities Dive as an associate editor in 2023. She previously covered climate and the environment at The Bellingham Herald in Washington state. Her work has also appeared in Grist, Scientific American, The Boston Globe and Wired. Ysabelle has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University, where she also earned a minor in data science. Ysabelle lives in Brooklyn, and in her free time, you'll likely find her reading a magazine at a café, practicing yoga or treasure-hunting in a secondhand store.
256 articles by Ysabelle Kempe
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Green roofs on bus shelters are Boston’s latest climate resilience move
Oct. 11, 2024 -
Gas utility faces climate deception lawsuit by Oregon county
Oct. 10, 2024 -
Bill aims to help disaster-struck communities excluded from federal relief
Oct. 9, 2024 -
California allocates $131M to local homelessness response efforts
Oct. 8, 2024 -
What’s the value of a city’s nature? San Antonio pilots tool to find out.
Oct. 3, 2024 -
FEMA’s push for resilience in building codes gets scrutiny in House hearing
Oct. 2, 2024 -
2025’s top smart city conferences
Oct. 1, 2024 -
As Los Angeles struggles with RV encampments, a new California law aims to help
Oct. 1, 2024 -
Affordable multifamily housing owners would get decarbonization help in NYC proposal
Sept. 30, 2024 -
HUD extreme heat playbook focuses on increasing resilience in housing
Sept. 27, 2024 -
Up to $100K per city available for asphalt art in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ latest grantmaking
Sept. 26, 2024 -
Seattle boosts electric heat pump incentives with goal to eliminate oil-heated homes
Sept. 24, 2024 -
NOAA, Climate Mayors ink agreement to bring more science, data tools to communities
Sept. 23, 2024 -
How a 2nd Trump administration could ‘jeopardize’ Inflation Reduction Act climate funds
Sept. 19, 2024 -
City homeless shelter ban prompts California to threaten legal action
Sept. 18, 2024 -
In a sea of flood-risk data, how can cities know which information to use?
Sept. 17, 2024 -
DOE spurs new building energy codes with another $90M
Sept. 16, 2024 -
Low-income families face high energy burden, prompting calls for more government action
Sept. 13, 2024 -
Want federal funds for climate-resilient projects? The EPA’s new website aims to help.
Sept. 12, 2024 -
Cincinnati mayor says zoning overhaul reflects a ‘generational change in how people think about cities’
Sept. 11, 2024 -
3 commercial-to-residential conversions receive city government support in Washington, D.C.
Sept. 10, 2024 -
Google pilots heat resilience tool in 14 US cities
Sept. 9, 2024 -
Atlanta’s homelessness response could get a $60M infusion
Sept. 6, 2024 -
Homelessness response team heads to streets in Birmingham, Alabama
Sept. 5, 2024 -
Neighborhood decarbonization pilot programs can start in California
Sept. 4, 2024