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.
157 articles by Ysabelle Kempe
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Air quality data is now widely available, but what should communities do with it?
April 19, 2024 -
Boston teams with climate tech company to map floods as they happen
April 16, 2024 -
DOE awards $27M for communities to plan a clean-energy future
April 11, 2024 -
This city wants to deconstruct buildings to balance climate goals with growth
April 9, 2024 -
Bird reorganizes into new company as it emerges from bankruptcy
April 8, 2024 -
These 8 nonprofits got $20B from the Biden administration for local clean energy financing. Now what?
April 5, 2024 -
High-priority local actions in Biden’s new plan to slash building GHG emissions
April 3, 2024 -
Government officials, transit agencies get silly on social for April Fools’ Day
April 2, 2024 -
DC mayor brokers $515M deal to keep two pro sports teams downtown
March 28, 2024 -
What’s stifling city climate action? Municipal finance practices, one report says
March 27, 2024 -
To chart its path away from gas, Massachusetts launches energy transformation office
March 25, 2024 -
Communities hoping to build disaster resilience request record $8B in FEMA grants
March 21, 2024 -
What mayors really think about the Inflation Reduction Act
March 20, 2024 -
25 cities to get climate-focused innovation teams through $200M Bloomberg initiative
March 18, 2024 -
15 minutes with the first state-level chief heat officer
March 15, 2024 -
Planting a tree just got $100 cheaper for property owners in a California water district
March 13, 2024 -
This New Jersey beach city went from ‘worst to first’ in reducing flood risk
March 11, 2024 -
Arizona names US’ first state chief heat officer, unveils summer 2024 plans
March 7, 2024 -
Building energy code revamps can get another $90M from DOE
March 5, 2024 -
Can you fix a Phoenix water shortage? A new drought simulation game lets players try.
March 4, 2024 -
NYC defines ‘green economy,’ projects job growth in new action plan
Feb. 29, 2024 -
Local, tribal clean energy projects can tap into $18M from DOE
Feb. 28, 2024 -
Climate risk planning portal from Argonne National Lab gets new features
Feb. 26, 2024 -
Heat pumps would cut energy bills for majority of US homes: NREL research
Feb. 23, 2024 -
EPA rolls out $83M for air quality monitoring after tightening soot standard
Feb. 22, 2024