NEWS
news States Look to Make Companies Take Responsibility for Hard-to-Recycle Packaging
As plastic piles up, bills that shift the financial cost of recycling to the producers are gaining traction.
Molly Bolan - 05-05-2023
news Low-carbon materials eligible for climate resilience, disaster recovery funding: FEMA
Communities and states that want to use low-carbon materials to prepare for disaster are receiving a funding boost
Ysabelle Kempe - 04-11-2023
news Cities Nationwide Combat Climate Change With Urban Forests
Leaders in many communities now consider trees to be critical infrastructure
Alex Brown - 04-11-2023
news Funding for Wildlife Crossings Now Available
The grants will help local governments prevent wildlife-vehicle collisions and improve connections between habitats.
Molly Bolan - 04-06-2023
news Cities Move to Protect Trees on Private Land
More local governments are considering ordinances that would make it harder to remove healthy trees.
Rachel Gottlieb - 04-06-2023
news “Curated” climate data, grant assistance can help cities address EJ and climate change concerns
The EPA’s EJ mapping and screening tool helps governments target outreach to overburdened and underserved communities
Stephenie Overman - 04-06-2023
news “Nature-based solutions” like trees and rain gardens can be cost-effective climate adaptations, advocates say
Momentum is building for land- and water-based infrastructure strategies.
Kalena Thomhave - 03-29-2023
news How cities can center equity in EV charging
Cities can work to ensure they roll out EV charging infrastructure equitably by listening and collaborating
Kalena Thomhave - 03-29-2023
news The IPCC says we need to phase down fossil fuels, fast. Here’s how the US could do it.
A new report lists 10 policies to constrain polluting infrastructure and achieve key climate goals.
Joseph Winters - 03-24-2023
news How climate change is throwing off key timing for wildflowers and trees in spring
Climate change is altering spring growing conditions, and plant life is changing along with it.
PBS - 03-24-2023
news The Right Way to Build Climate Change Resilience
The Inflation Reduction Act and others are offering all-too-rare opportunities for state and local governments.
Chip Kline and Simone Maloz - 03-24-2023
news $700M in Grants for Local EV Chargers Announced
The Biden administration opened up applications for $700 million in grants for local governments to install EV chargers
Daniel C. Vock - 03-24-2023
news Letter: New clean energy incentives good for climate, your wallet
Opportunities now exist for communities to invest in clean, locally-sourced power to reduce their carbon footprint
Wharton Sinkler - 03-15-2023
news To protect the environment for future generations, Concord resident encourages others to reduce and recycle
NH resident Jocelyn Jerry Wolcott consciously makes lifestyle changes to do her small part to protect the environment
Sruthi Gopalakrishnin - 03-15-2023
news New Hampshire welcomes ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics as some call for tighter regulations
New Hampshire welcomes ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics as some call for tighter regulations
Lisa Prevost - 03-15-2023
news Inflation Reduction Act Invests Over $120 Million in Proven Projects to Advance Climate Resilience, Conservation and Equity
Interior today announced a more than $120 million investment from the Inflation Reduction Act
US Department of the Interior - 03-15-2023
news Investing in communities builds climate resilience
How local leaders can partner with financial institutions to support frontline communities.
Erin Ceynar & Samantha Ender - 02-28-2023
news A Looming El Niño Could Give Us a Preview of Life at 1.5C of Warming
The hotter weather pattern might push the Earth into unprecedented territory next year.
Kate Yoder - 02-28-2023
news Extreme Heat is a Health Crisis, Scientists Warn. And Climate Change Is Making It Worse
“The climate is changing, and we are not adapted to be able to deal with it from a health perspective" an expert warned....
Isabella O'Malley - 02-28-2023
news Federal Transportation Funds Transform Local Communities
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law offers an unprecedented opportunity to leverage transportation infrastructure
Catherine Nagel - 02-28-2023
news Prioritizing Climate Resilience in United States Fisheries
The impacts of climate change are already apparent in U. S. offshore waters, creating challenges for fisheries
Reggie Paros - 02-28-2023
news How To Build A Better Bike-Share Program
This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles inspiring climate initiatives in U.S. communities....
GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA - 02-21-2023
news The Biden Administration Aims to Make EV Charging as Easy as Filling Up
The first comprehensive standards for public EV charging stations will help ensure reliability and accessibility.
Gabriela Aoun Angueira - 02-21-2023
news How the "electrify everything" movement went mainstream
One in five Americans now lives in an area that's trying to move buildings off fossil fuels
Emily Pontecorvo - 02-21-2023
news Tired Of Being Told To ‘Adapt,’ An Indigenous Community Wrote Its Own Climate Action Plan
Long before anyone called this place northwest Montana or considered it a tourist destination, it sustained the tribes.
Carly Graf - 02-21-2023
news Home of the future: Climate-friendly, electrified and closer than ever
The technology and policies are falling into place. But we’ll need a revolution in U.S. home retrofit business models......
Jeff St. John, Canary Media - 02-14-2023
news Can Cities Eliminate Heat-Related Deaths? Phoenix Is Trying.
This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which first appeared in Grist’s climate solutions newsletter
Emma Loewe - 02-14-2023
news Attention nature lovers! Researchers need your help counting birds this weekend.
Look up this weekend to help count birds and document climate change during Audubon's Great Backyard Bird Count.
Dinah Voyles Pulver - 02-14-2023
BLOGS
blog Plug-In Hybrids, Best of Both Worlds
After owning 2 hybrid cars, I decided I wanted to get a Plug-In hybrid. So I gave my old Prius to my daughter, and bough...
Jim Pyle - 11-29-2020
blog Y BUY GAS: Talking Electric Vehicles with Deb Chisholm, Waterways Manager
As the effects of climate change are becoming more and more difficult to ignore, many people are eager to find ways to b...
City of Nashua - 10-08-2020
blog Zero Waste When Life Gives You Plastic...
Now that grocery stores and other vendors are no longer permitting customers to bring in their reusable bags (for hygeni...
Sylvie Stewart - 05-25-2020
blog Green Living Victory Gardens for 2020
During this uncertain time one thing is certain and that is an increased interests in gardening all over the United Stat...
Doria Brown - 05-14-2020