What would it take to put all our electric lines underground to prevent outages?
Hurricane Ida plunged more than 1 million customers on the Gulf Coast into darkness, and then knocked out power to another 200,000 in the Northeast...
How cities can achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Cities generate markets and cultures that come at a consequential cost and cause irrecoverable damage to the environment—climate change. Economies and society are significant barriers...
Keep Fuel Dollars Local By Switching To EVs
Let’s step back from this norm about fueling dollars and think about it a bit more closely. Wouldn’t it make sense to focus on generating...
This year’s extreme fires and floods may change what Americans think about climate change, our research finds
The latest United Nations climate report concludes that human-caused climate change is “a code red for humanity,” as the U.N. secretary general put it. That threat is...
US communities say dire predictions in UN climate report already unfolding
For many U.S. communities, the bleak predictions laid out in a new United Nations climate change report are more a reflection of the present and...
U.S. infrastructure projects in need of funding
The snapshot below presents infrastructure projects in cities around the nation pending public or private investment, most of which respond to years of deterioration and...
Washington state county is first in US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure
A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure, following a lengthy battle over...
How cities can adapt to climate change
Cities are on the front lines of the growing physical risks associated with climate change. 1 They are home to more than half of the...