Climate & Resilience: Page 73
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Boston begins initiative to become carbon neutral by 2050
Carbon Free Boston designates a team of researchers to determine the best ways to reach carbon neutrality through mitigation of transportation, waste, electricity and heat.
By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 28, 2017 -
Government of Canada launches Smart Cities Challenge
The pan-Canadian competition encouraging communities of all sizes to develop smart city concepts that will improve citizens' quality of life "through innovation, data and connected technology."
By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 28, 2017 -
Los Angeles kicks off seismic program with notices to concrete building owners
There are an estimated 1,200 concrete buildings that fall under the new seismic retrofit ordinance, which is the first of its kind enacted in the U.S.
By Kim Slowey • Nov. 28, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Sewage-sniffing robots may be the solution to city opioid crises
Some cities are using robots and analytics to fight the opioid crisis at the street level — and below it.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 27, 2017 -
Miami Mayor: City faces a ‘new generation’ of civic leadership
The newly-elected mayor proposed "smart, innovative and creative" solutions — including new system of government — to address city challenges.
By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 22, 2017 -
EPA proposes 2-year delay to Waters of the US rule
Critics of the regulation have argued that the rule's current wording casts too wide a net and puts drainage ditches and rivers alike under the control of the EPA.
By Kim Slowey • Nov. 21, 2017 -
Opinion
Turning the promise of solar landfills into reality
Soltage CEO Jesse Grossman makes the case for more states to follow the leads of Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey by incentivizing energy development on closed landfills.
By Jesse Grossman • Nov. 20, 2017 -
New NASA tool shows effects of melting glaciers on cities
The tool allows city planners — or anyone curious enough — to modify different variables and see how rising sea levels will affect different cities.
By Cody Boteler • Nov. 17, 2017 -
US cities, businesses highlight climate efforts at UN meeting
"There is nothing Washington can do to stop us," former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said of the efforts.
By Robert Walton • Nov. 14, 2017 -
Diverse stakeholders sign Transportation Electrification Accord
The accord offers principles and guidelines for moving forward with electric vehicles and necessary infrastructure.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 14, 2017 -
NYC offering $20K for 'creative' multi-unit recycling pilots
The tech challenge aims to fix high contamination rates among nearly 3,300 residents at a Brooklyn public housing complex with plans to scale further.
By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 14, 2017 -
US Green Building Council adopts RELi resiliency standard
RELi gives projects points in several resiliency categories, including adaptive design for extreme weather and associated hazards.
By Kim Slowey • Nov. 13, 2017 -
Bill Gates is building his own smart city in Arizona
The billionaire's investment firm spent $80 million on a 24,800-acre plot of land outside of Phoenix to develop the "forward-thinking community."
By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 13, 2017 -
Opinion
Overlooking risk until it's too late is no longer an option
Being proactive in the ways we plan our cities is a battle against inertia. Fixing problems might be too expensive, politically trying or emotionally taxing.
By Johanna Hoffman • Nov. 13, 2017 -
Deep Dive
How 5 local governments just expanded their recycling programs
As a small number of cities cut back amid market uncertainties, others from San Francisco to Chattanooga, TN, are forging ahead.
By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 8, 2017 -
Nashville, TN uses tech to study dwindling tree numbers
The city's population boom has led to developers cutting down trees to build new structures.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 7, 2017 -
Deep Dive
The disappearance of the modern-day 'gayborhood'
Shifts in economics and mainstream acceptance are prompting LGBT business owners to leave their well-known neighborhoods.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 7, 2017 -
Federal report: It’s ‘extremely likely’ that humans cause climate change
The report says there is "no convincing alternative explanation" for global warming over the last century.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 6, 2017 -
Boston-area transit spends $101M in weather resilience investments
The money has been spent on winter preparations for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority over a nearly three-year period.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 6, 2017 -
San Francisco outlines comprehensive flood resilience strategy
The city has proposed $700 million of flood work to be included in the Sewer System Improvement Program over the next 15 years.
By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 3, 2017 -
Trump dubs November Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month
Despite calling for the need to safeguard national infrastructure, the president still has yet to relay any further details on his $1 trillion plan for public works.
By Kim Slowey • Nov. 3, 2017 -
Deep Dive
3 charts that illustrate the health impact of global climate change
A new report outlines how a response to climate change indicators, such as air pollution and climate-sensitive infectious diseases, can impact public health.
By Kristin Musulin • Nov. 1, 2017 -
Louisville, KY project will examine links between health and greening cities
Up to 8,000 trees and plants will be added to four neighborhoods, and researchers will track the health of residents in those areas for five years.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 31, 2017 -
Study: NYC home to most sustainable urban transit in North America
In the global index, New York ranked 23rd, indicating that North American cities are falling behind European and Asian cities due to a car-centric culture.
By Kristin Musulin • Oct. 30, 2017 -
Saudi Arabia announces $500B plan to build a new megacity
Leaders are talking with global companies like Amazon and Alibaba to develop technologies for the new city.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 30, 2017
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