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Europe’s Cities Falling Short on Clean Transport, New Ranking Shows

March 4, 2022 admin air quality, cities, clean cities campaign, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Europe, Helsinki, kraków, Milan, Oslo, Stockholm, turin, zero pollution action plan

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:00:30 +0000

Europe’s cities are not doing enough to get their citizens onto environment-friendly transport. Europe’s cities are not doing enough to get their citizens onto environment-friendly transport. That’s the conclusion from a new ranking assessing which of Europe’s urban areas are well placed to reduce their environmental impact. The Clean Cities Campaign (CCC) that compiled the ranking says […]

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Lawyers For Good Government Climate Change Program Provides Pro-Bono Legal Resources For Municipalities To Switch To 100% Renewable Energy

March 2, 2020 admin 100% renewable electricity, 100% renewable energy, cities, clean power, climate change, consumer technology, environmental law and policy, law, lawyers for good government foundation, policy & politics, policy research, press releases, ready for 100, research, rocky mountain institute, Sierra Club, sierra club ready for 100, Solar energy, states, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 01:40:12 +0000

Today, Lawyers for Good Government Foundation (L4GG), a non-profit network of more than 120,000 legal advocates with lawyers in all 50 states, unveiled its latest comprehensive state energy resource profiles — Ohio, Louisiana, and Oklahoma — as part of its pro-bono climate change program, which seeks to provide the legal resources desperately needed for municipalities to reach 100 percent renewable energy goals

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People Who Left Toronto on How Their Lives Got Better

February 26, 2020 admin affordability, canadian news, cities, culture, housing, Moving, news, rent, Toronto, transit

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

February 24, 2020 admin cities, climate change, climate science, climate scientists, HEALTH, Media, research, SCIENCE

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

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105 Cities Have Made The Global CDP 2019 “A” List For Climate Action

February 18, 2020 admin africa, air quality, Brazil, buildings, cdp, cities, clean power, clean transport, climate change, energy efficiency, Europe, green economy, Malaysia, Mexico, policy & politics, Sweden, Urban Planning, vancouver

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

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This Man Created Traffic Jams on Google Maps Using a Red Wagon Full of Phones

February 3, 2020 admin cars, cities, google maps, Infrastructure, maps, traffic

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.

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Union of Concerned Scientists: Inequitable Exposure to Air Pollution From Vehicles in the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic

January 22, 2020 admin African-American, Air pollution, air pollution costs, air quality, cities, clean transport, co2 emissions, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, electrifying cities, Fossil Fuels, HEALTH, nitrogen oxides, northeast, Oil, particulate matter, pm2.5, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, US

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

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LA Shows The Value Of Bus-Only Lanes (Video)

January 15, 2020 admin air quality, bus rapid transit (brt), bus-only lanes, buses, California, cars, cities, clean transport, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, traffic, traffic solutions, United States, US

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

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London Launching A 100% Zero-Emissions Street

January 11, 2020 admin cars, cities, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, gas car bans, london, policy & politics, uk, zero-emissions streets

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