People Who Left Toronto on How Their Lives Got Better
Credit to Author: Graham Isador| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:35:48 +0000
Toronto calls itself a world-class city, but there are less expensive places with more to offer.
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Ideal US Cities To Survive Climate Change
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 04:50:41 +0000
Climate scientists have shared where they think would be an ideal place to live in the United States in order to avoid natural disasters. An article, published by Business Insider, posed a question to 12 climate scientists and they gave us a few cities that they thought would be safest
105 Cities Have Made The Global CDP 2019 “A” List For Climate Action
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:30:33 +0000
The increase in CDP A-list cities from 43 in 2018 to 105 in 2019 is encouraging. More climate action is being taken globally at more levels of government than ever before
This Man Created Traffic Jams on Google Maps Using a Red Wagon Full of Phones
Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:07:54 +0000
By pulling 99 phones down empty streets, artist Simon Wreckert made it look like they were gridlocked on Google Maps.
Read moreUnion of Concerned Scientists: Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution From Vehicles in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:58:14 +0000
Asian American, African American, and Latino residents in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region are exposed to substantially more air pollution from cars, trucks, and buses than other demographic groups
LA Shows The Value Of Bus-Only Lanes (Video)
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:32:37 +0000
Mass transit, and especially electric mass transit, are top solutions for a variety of transportation challenges. It provides solutions to traffic congestion, pollution, and inequity. Many people who choose buses, walking, subways, and mass transit, do so — to avoid the stress of traffic. They are an antidote to some of the biggest negative side effects of car culture
London Launching A 100% Zero-Emissions Street
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 04:57:57 +0000
When we examine the electric vehicle market and forecast electric vehicle growth, we often think of automaker plans, battery investments, how many models they’re rolling out, etc. What we don’t often consider is how strong city and country policies are going to get to push people to go electric. Several countries have announced plans for gas car bans, and some cities have done the same. Such policies can accelerate EV sales growth perhaps more than anything else
‘Sentenced to Death’: What It’s Like Living in a Cancer-Plagued Oil Town
Credit to Author: Trevor Bach| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 13:42:29 +0000
Port Arthur, Texas, is surrounded by refineries that residents say are poisoning them.
Read moreIn Mississippi, The Costs Of Coastal Flooding Are Adding Up (VIDEO)
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 04:43:30 +0000
“A lot of people are just selling out and getting out.” Ankle-deep in the overflow of the river that drew her here two decades ago, Calinda Crowe looked across her land, envisioning the future. She didn’t like what she saw
7 Challenges for Global Energy Transformation — Rocky Mountain Institute Report
Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 01:02:30 +0000
“Seven Challenges for Energy Transformation 2019,” a report by Rocky Mountain Institute, was launched during three connected international events in Delhi, Beijing, and New York that convened the world’s leading energy stakeholders and catalysts to kickstart a global effort to accelerate the energy transition and mitigate the climate crisis