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The Importance of Infrastructure in Addressing the Climate Emergency The infrastructure of care, in the context of the climate emergency, refers to the health systems and infrastructure that are critical for protecting and improving public health in the face of climate change. Climate change poses significant challenges to healthcare facilities, transportation systems, and other public... Continue Reading →
SAN DIEGO — While some people pay a premium for parking, most cities have too much. It's estimated that the U.S. has eight parking spaces for every car. More than an eyesore, policy experts say America’s problem of excess parking is also hazardous to the environment. “You have automobile fluids, pet waste, trash that falls... Continue Reading →
(This video is in Spanish Language) In this new video we will talk about the city as a space for coexistence, social movements and how experimentation and participatory processes are the best "resilience" tool for our cities. I also connect with some very good examples such as the dreamhamar project (Norway) of Ecosistema Urbano or... Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON — To ensure routine and deliberate attention to resilience in transportation investments, Congress should consider requiring all projects that are candidates for federal funding undergo resilience assessments to account for natural hazards and the changing risks stemming from climate change, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Despite... Continue Reading →
“Instead of funding non-polluting alternatives, it throws public money at expensive, unproven technologies that will allow the fossil fuel industry to continue poisoning frontline communities and trashing the planet." Public and environmental health advocates on Tuesday denounced Sen. Joe Manchin's Energy Infrastructure Act of 2021, calling the bill, which proposes spending 70 times more on... Continue Reading →
Many of the promises President Joe Biden made on the campaign trail and early in his presidency — to slash rising greenhouse gas emissions and prepare America’s aging infrastructure for a changed climate — were missing from his announcement Thursday that 21 senators had reached a bipartisan $973 billion infrastructure deal. “It is in no way, shape,... Continue Reading →
Democrats hope to include climate and clean energy in a second bill. It could be Biden’s last chance to pass major global warming legislation. WASHINGTON — A deal reached Thursday between President Biden and a bipartisan group of senators for $579 billion in new spending to repair the nation’s roads, rails and bridges does relatively... Continue Reading →
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