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These Five Cities Are Taking Aim at Air Pollution
Around the world, more than 90 percent of people breathe in air that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers potentially harmful.
While the source of air pollution varies – some come from vehicle...
Cities Around the World Lay the Groundwork for a Zero-Waste Future
Cities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming and eventually become zero-waste cities. During the Global Climate Action Summit,...
19 Global Cities Commit to Make New Buildings Net-Zero by 2030
The world's most iconic skylines are going green. Nineteen city leaders from the C40 coalition signed the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Declaration on Thursday to ensure all new buildings operate with a...
How Helsinki Arrived at the Future of Urban Travel First?
Harri Nieminen decided it was time to replace his car with an app.
He had owned a car in Helsinki for the past nine years but recently found he’d lost the patience for...
WeWork Will No Longer Serve Meat at Events or Expense Meals with It
WeWork, the real estate company that rents out and manages office space, has announced that they will no longer hold any staff events that include meat, and that staff will not be...
Lithium-Ion Batteries Are Fast Becoming the Worlds New Oil
For an energy source that's been around for three decades, the lithium-ion battery is only just hitting its stride.It’s worked its way up from primitive cellular phones to cameras and laptops before...
New York City Will Ban Automobiles From Central Park This Summer
Central Park in New York City is the most visited outdoor space in the United States. 40 million people a year flock to Central Park to partake of its charms. First established...
Report Shows Half of Public Buses Will be Electric by 2025
The total number of electric buses servicing the public will more than triple by 2025, according to a new report released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). In 2017, there were 386,000...
Empire State Building Shines Green After NYC’s Decision to Take on Fossil Fuel Industry
New York City's iconic Empire State Building glowed green Wednesday night following two "watershed" announcements—that the city would seek to divest its pension funds from fossil fuel investments, and that it filed...
New York to Confirm Landmark Fossil Fuel Divestment Plan
New York City is to divest its pension funds of fossil fuels assets, in a move that could see the city authorities offload up to $5bn of fossil fuel-related investments.
Democratic Mayor Bill...
New York Skyline Targeted with Energy Efficiency Upgrade Rules
Measures that would force owners of New York City's 14,500 least efficient large buildings to install upgrades to boilers, water heaters, roofs, and windows in order to cut emissions have been outlined...
Norway’s Biggest Oil Company to Build Huge Offshore Wind Farm Off Coast of New York
If everything goes to plan, New York City and Long Island will be harnessing the Atlantic Ocean's strong and dependable winds as a source of renewable energy.
Norway's biggest oil company will be...
Oslo’s Radical “Climate Budget” Aims to Halve Carbon Emissions in Four Years
Oslo's leftist city government issued its first "climate budget" on Wednesday aiming to halve greenhouse gas emission within four years in one of the world's most radical experiments to slow global warming.
The...
New York City To Host Formula E Electric Car Race in July 2017
The Formula E series of electric car races will be headed to New York City towards the end of July 2017, putting on a pair of races along the Brooklyn waterfront.
The tentative...
New York City Sets the First Citywide Energy Storage Target
Only two U.S. states, California and Massachusetts, have set targets for energy storage deployments. Now New York City has joined them.
The city government unveiled a storage goal of 100 megawatt-hours by 2020...
