Schlagwort: Cities
Cities Extreme Weather news Technology
The ‘Ike Dike’ is the Army Corps of Engineers’ largest project ever. It may not be big enough.
The $30 billion barrier may fail to block climate-fueled storm surge — and won’t prevent other urban flooding in Houston.…
Cities Extreme Weather Technology
Cities Climate & Energy news Politics
The first natural-gas ban in the US just got shot down
A federal court overturned Berkeley's precedent-setting measure for new buildings, putting in jeopardy scores of similar rules. Quelle: https://grist.org/energy/court-overturns-berkeley-gas-ban/...
Cities Climate & Energy Politics
Cities Climate Equity Extreme Weather Health news Science
Rising groundwater levels are threatening clean air and water across the country
As subterranean water inches higher, so do threats to air and water. Quelle: https://grist.org/article/what-it-means-groundwater-is-rising/...
Cities Climate Equity Extreme Weather Health Science
Buildings Cities Health news Race Technology
Broken furnace? In the Bay Area, soon you’ll have to replace it with a heat pump
Regulators ban the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, starting in 2027. Quelle: https://grist.org/buildings/bay-area-ban-sales-gas-powered-furnaces-heaters/...
Buildings Cities Health Race Technology
Accountability Cities Health news Protest
Chicago neighborhood groups sue US Army Corps of Engineers over expansion of a polluted dump
“Our community is fighting back and saying ‘no more.’” Quelle: https://grist.org/accountability/chicago-activists-sue-army-corps-engineers-dump/...
Accountability Cities Health Protest
Cities news Regulation
Here’s why a California beach town just banned balloons
Laguna Beach said the decision would keep litter out of the ocean and prevent potential fires. Quelle: https://grist.org/cities/heres-why-a-california-beach-town-just-banned-balloons/...
Cities Regulation
Cities news Solutions
How Pittsburgh found a secret climate weapon in ‘the thrilling world of municipal budgeting’
Even cash-strapped cities have money for climate action. They just need to spend it better. Quelle: https://grist.org/solutions/pittsburgh-priority-budgeting-climate/...
Cities Solutions