“‘We still have an opportunity to do something,’ William Moomaw, a leading author of a Nobel Prize-winning U.N. report on climate change told a diplomatic conference in Brussels, calling on EU leaders to swap out routine, if ambitious, political declarations for science-based action. Citing recent scientific reports on the remarkable
“There is no end to the glittering emblems of privilege in this city. Teslas clog the freeways. Affluent families scramble for coveted spots in fancy kindergartens. And up in the hills of Bel-Air, where a sprawling estate just hit the market for a record $225 million, lush trees line the streets, providing
“The Walrus, a Canadian general interest magazine, titles its article The False Promise of Green Housing. Given the kind of articles the magazine has published, I worried that this was going to be a long attack on the industry. It’s not. It never mentions a false promise; it is mostly
“Using citizen science volunteers, researchers are more accurately measuring temperature differences between city hot spots and their cooler surroundings. With heat waves intensifying, the results are now being used to develop a range of innovative urban planning strategies. The volunteers fanned out across cities from Boston to Honolulu this summer,
“As the world becomes more urbanized, researchers and city managers from Baltimore to Britain are recognizing the importance of providing urban habitat that can support biodiversity. It just may be the start of an urban wildlife movement. A few years ago in Baltimore County, Maryland, environmental staffers were reviewing a
“Biophilic Cities partners with cities, scholars and advocates from across the globe to build an understanding of the value and contribution of nature in cities to the lives of urban residents. As a central element of its work, Biophilic Cities facilitates a global network of partner cities working collectively to
“The Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis, collaborating with Smart Growth Minneapolis, is deeply distressed by the environmental damage coming with implementation of the Minneapolis 2040 Plan in its current form. The 2040 Plan is being considered without prior professional assessment of environmental impact. To confirm the validity of our concerns, Smart
“Over the past decade, major hurricanes and extreme storm events have wreaked havoc on many urban areas throughout the United States. While the major storms of 2017 and 2018 (Florence, Harvey, Maria, and Irma) will be remembered as hurricanes, in many cases it was the intense rainfall that brought urban
“Snowplowing, recycling and street repairs are all part of the job for Shoreview’s public works employees. But the department’s fastest-growing budget item these days isn’t filling potholes. It’s stormwater. “Stormwater management issues … have just absolutely consumed my staff,” said Mark Maloney, the city’s public works director. And homeowners’ calls,
“The potential of reforestation had an economic estimated limit of 76 billion tons of CO2 but a total potential of 253 billion tons. However, optimizing the species of trees selected could boost this by 10 to 100 times. Optimizing the planting technique with drones could increase the planting speed by