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CanadaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsWater
Trudeau Warns of More Climate-Driven Floods, as Researcher Suggests Rethinking Quebec’s Relationship with Water
In the wake of massive spring flooding in Quebec, New Brunswick, and parts of Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning of more of ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
Péloffy: ‘Epic Clash of World Views’ Pits Public Mobilization Against Fossil Lobby
Quebec’s “climate spring” is a cascading grassroot trend that the province’s “powers that be” ignore at their peril, argues Karine Péloffy, legal counsel for ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyBuildingsCitiesCoalDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentJobsPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Nevada, Washington State Declare 100% Clean Energy Targets
Nevada and Washington State have been the latest in a string of U.S. jurisdictions to adopt rapid steps to replace fossil fuels with renewable ... -
BuildingsCitiesDemand & EfficiencyElectricity GridGeneral RenewablesJobsPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
New York Passes Landmark Bill to Cut Buildings’ Carbon Emissions, Energy Use
New York City has adopted a plan to reduce carbon pollution from large buildings by 40% from 2005 levels by 2030—roughly a 26% cut ... -
BuildingsCitiesDrive to 1.5Energy Access & EquityOff-GridPathways to 1.5Post-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Booming Community Solar Sector Promises Access for Low-Income Households
Determined to make good on the promise of equity contained in the phrase “community solar,” more than a dozen U.S. states and non-profit developers ... -
CitiesDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Planners Look for U.S. ‘Climate Havens’ to Receive Millions of Internal Migrants by 2100
Urban planners are looking to cities like Duluth, Minnesota, Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Portland, Oregon as future refuges for climate migrants displaced within the United ... -
Ottawa City Committee Adopts Climate Emergency Resolution
Ottawa City Council is on track to adopt a climate emergency resolution after the measure was adopted on a 6-2 vote by the city’s ... -
Conservation Measures Avert Cape Town’s Day Zero, But Tensions Remain
While technical fixes like lowering municipal water pressure helped Cape Town keep the taps on through its recent drought, it was the city’s carefully ... -
CitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesPost-Carbon Transition
Cities Scramble to Keep in Touch as Rockefeller Shutters 100 Resilient Cities Network
The Rockefeller Foundation is shutting down its 100 Resilient Cities network, a major initiative that has helped communities around the world prepare for the ... -
‘Timid’ Transit Operators Have Canada Missing Out on Electric Bus Conversions
With electric buses on track to replace 270,000 barrels per day of diesel fuel this year, Canada is at risk of “missing the bus” ... -
Ridesharing Would Save 320 Megatons of Carbon by 2050
Ridesharing ranks #75 on the Drawdown list of climate solutions. It could cut atmospheric carbon dioxide by 0.32 gigatons at no cost, resulting in ...
