What Project 2025 Means for Our Cities
"..from the '2016 Mandate for Leadership', the Trump Administration implemented 64% of the recommendations in the first year"
‘It’s unbearable’: heat waves scorch southern and eastern Europe
Unrelenting heat is blanketing Europe, with cities on red alert as temperatures fuel wildfires and strain power grids.
Rural belts around cities could reduce urban temperatures by up to 0.5°C, study suggests
"The biggest cooling effects happen where the rural ring around a city extends for at least half the city's diameter."
$30B for Transit Brings New Dollars to Buy Buses, No Relief on Operating Costs
Canadian transit construction funding and an electrified Toronto bus fleet.
Summer Storm in Toronto Floods Subways and Highways, Leaves 170,000 Without Power
One resident said “It was crazy. It’s nothing I’ve ever experienced before. For this to be happening in Toronto is bizarre.”
Puerto Rico Files $1-Billion Climate Lawsuit against Oil Companies
Puerto Rico says that the industry knew about the dangers of its products and that the island is paying the price.
In the race to ramp up renewables, we can’t ignore heat storage
Thermal Energy Storage could help deal with solar's intermittency, but Governments need to step up and encourage development.
Study detects the largest methane leak ever recorded in an oil well
"The leak released approximately 131.00 tons of methane into the atmosphere during the 205-day incident."
Biden administration moves to add protections against drilling in Alaska petroleum reserve
Oil giant ConocoPhillips, the state of Alaska, the North Slope Borough and the Voice of the Arctic Inupiat have filed lawsuits to reverse the new rules.
Which roof beats urban heat better, the white one or the green one?
Cool roofs are more effective than green roofs, according to a study focused on the Greater London area.
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