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A Fifteen-Minute City is a city-building concept that promotes the idea that everything one needs to function (shops, parks, restaurants, etc.) should always be within a fifteen-minute walk of your home. This is a popular concept, but Sweden is going even further with the One-Minute City. A One-Minute City is …
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Hawaii DOT Takes First Step Toward Electric Vehicle Fleet
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (DOT) is aiming to convert its light-duty fleet to electric vehicles (EV) by 2028. As part of the State’s goal to reduce fuel consumption for ground transportation, the department signed a 10-year service contract with Sustainability Partners LLC., allowing all state and county agencies to …
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Bladeless wind turbine wobbles to generate power
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
Vortex Bladeless is a start-up that invented a bladeless wind turbine that oscillates to collect kinetic energy from the wind. David Yanez, the co-founder of the company, says that this wind turbine will generate electricity at 30 percent of the cost of conventional wind turbines. The turbine is designed to …
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Green Aviation: Why the Pandemic May Spur Carbon-Neutral Flight
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Video
2020 has been a problematic year for the aviation industry. COVID-19 has seen airlines cancel orders from suppliers and the giants of aviation, Boeing and Airbus, have laid off thousands of workers. Governments have stepped in financially to keep the aviation industry in the air, but many believe that climate …
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How Rotterdam's Flood Defenses Could Help Save Us All – Bloomberg QuickTake
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Parks & Public Space Video
Catastrophic flooding has taken place across many parts of the world in recent years. However, Rotterdam in the Netherlands has long been at war with the sea and its engineering solutions may help other areas manage flood events caused by climate change. In 1953, the North Sea Floods in the …
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The High Price of Losing the War Against Urban Heat
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Economic Development
Ranked as one of the American cities with the highest intensity of urban heat island effect (UGI), Baltimore's temperature can soar into triple digits in the summertime. Architects and health researchers are now urging officials to adopt ‘smart’ surfaces in the city building design, particularly to focus investment in lower-income …
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Painting one turbine blade black reduces bird fatalities by 72%, says study
Climate Change, Energy & Pollution
“Contrast painting” is the practice of painting a single bald of a wind turbine black. Scientists in Norway have found that this practice can lead to a 72% decrease in the death of birds that result from collisions with the turbine. The research was done by the Norwegian Institute for …
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