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BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Major Mental Health Crisis Hits Puerto Rico as Year-Long Hurricane Recovery Lags
A year after Hurricane Maria killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed much of the infrastructure on the island of Puerto Rico, the country is ... -
Drive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationNuclearSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Poor and Rural North Carolinians Are Hardest Hit as Aerial Photos Show ‘Overwhelming’ Devastation
Aerial photos showed “overwhelming” devastation, an 1,870-megawatt nuclear plant had to be shut down, and poor and rural residents of the Carolinas were hit ... -
B.C. Fire Tornado Grabs Firefighters’ Hose, Pulls It 100 Feet in the Air
A team of responders in British Columbia had a recent close encounter with a wildfire that grabbed their hose…and wouldn’t let go. -
CitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingSub-National Governments
Brown Renews Pledge to ‘Launch Our Own Damn Satellite’ as Summit Urges Faster Climate Action
After three days of new low-carbon commitments from regional governments, cities, and industry, the Global Climate Action Summit concluded Friday with a call for ... -
CitiesDrive to 1.5Electricity GridFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
‘It’s All About the Water’ as ‘Slow-Moving Natural Disaster’ Turns Carolinas Into an Archipelago
Meteorologists may have downgraded it from a hurricane to a mere tropical storm, but the “storm known as Florence is creating a slow-motion natural ... -
AsiaDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFailure Is Not An OptionFood SecurityHealth & SafetySevere Storms & Flooding
Typhoon Mangkhut Kills 64 in Philippines Before Hitting Southern China, Hong Kong
At least 64 people are dead after 550-mile-wide Typhoon Mangkhut tore through the northern end of the Philippine island of Luzon, uprooting trees and ... -
Canada’s Biggest-Ever Battery-Electric Bus Buy to Bring 40 New Vehicles to Montreal, Laval
Transit agencies in Montreal and Laval, Quebec are on the verge of buying 40 new electric buses from Winnipeg-based New Flyer Canada ULC, in ... -
Climate DenialCoalEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseNuclearSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Hurricane Florence Bears Down on State That Tried to Legislate Sea Level Rise Out of Existence
With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the North Carolina coast and 1.5 million people under evacuation order, a secondary storm of news coverage laid ... -
BuildingsDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHealth & SafetyPost-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
California Must Go All-In on Energy Efficiency to Hit 100% Carbon-Free Target
Just a few days before Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation committing California to producing 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045, an analysis showed the state ... -
BuildingsCarbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJobsPost-Carbon TransitionTransit
Climate Action in Cities Could Create 13.7 Million Jobs, Prevent 1.3 Million Premature Deaths
Cities around the world could create 13.7 million jobs and prevent 1.3 million premature deaths per year by 2030 by pursuing “ambitious urban climate ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesResearch & DevelopmentSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Green Roofs Can Help Urban Poor Survive Heat Waves
Green roofs will play a key role in making summer heat waves less uncomfortable—and less lethal—for the urban poor, according to a new study ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesFood SecurityForests & DeforestationHealth & Safety
Harvard Investments Displace Communities, Harm Environment in ‘Billion-Dollar Farmland Fiasco’
Harvard University is under fire for a “billion-dollar farmland fiasco” in which its endowment fund is said to have bought up 850,000 hectares of ...
