Environment
How Urban Agriculture Can Improve Food Security
U.S. cities could learn a thing or two from Cuba and Argentina when it comes to urban farming.
The New York City of 2080 Will Be as Hot as Arkansas
A new study finds the climate “twin city” for hundreds of places across the United States.
How Can the Green New Deal Deliver Environmental Justice?
There’s a reason why climate-change legislation failed in the past. Environmental-justice advocates don’t want the Green New Deal to repeat those mistakes.
How Natural Disasters Can Spur Gentrification
New Orleans neighborhoods that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were more likely to gentrify over the following 10 years, researchers find.
How the Green New Deal Could Retrofit Suburbs
The original New Deal included a bold attempt to rethink suburbia. We can still learn from it.
Is the Revolution of 3D-Printed Building Getting Closer?
3D printing was expected to transform architecture and construction, but uptake has been slow. Could that be changing?
As the Planet Warms, Who Should Get to Drive?
A new study argues that “universal car access” could lift more Americans out of poverty.
Confirmed: 2018 Was the Fourth-Hottest Year on Record
It was only surpassed by 2016, 2017, and 2015.
Britain’s Post-Brexit Future May Stink
A new “No Deal Brexit” threat emerges in the U.K.: overflowing piles of garbage and livestock waste.
How Car Pollution Hurts Kids’ Performance in School
When students switch to schools downwind of major roads, their test scores fall and their absences increase, according to new research.
SB 100 Is Moving Cities in California Toward Zero-Emissions Futures
Buoyed by bill SB 100, marginalized communities, often overlooked by the environmental movement, have spurred progress in Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakland.
Mattie Freeland’s Green Vision for a Black Atlanta Neighborhood
As Atlanta prepares for Super Bowl LIII, a new urban park in the stadium’s shadow is trying to revitalize the struggling neighborhood English Avenue.
Heating Violations Are Leaving Residents in the Cold
As wind chills dip as much as 50 degrees below zero, cities like New York and Chicago scramble to restore heating and hot water in homes.
What It Takes to Keep the Lights On in Extremely Cold Weather
There are no easy fixes, but there are some key investments and upgrades that keep things going when the weather gets rough.
Solar-Power Benefits Aren’t Reaching Communities of Color
A new study in Nature Sustainability finds racial and ethnic disparities in rooftop solar adoption, even controlling for income and homeownership.
Should These Train Tracks Be on Fire?
Actually, yes. Thanks to extreme cold hitting the Midwest, Chicago is lighting the Metra commuter train rails on fire to keep the steel from contracting.
Preparing for ‘The Big One’ in an Isolated Island Town
Vashon Island is just a few miles from Seattle. But if a major earthquake hits, the community expects to feel a world away.
Buenos Aires's Waterfront 'Youth District' Stirs Debate
Argentina’s capital hopes to revitalize part of its riverfront, but critics say the plan is socially exclusive, too commercial, and environmentally risky.
The Battle for Queens, New York, Is Not Just About Amazon
Queens Neighborhoods United says a plan to build a Target in Jackson Heights violates zoning restrictions and will strain infrastructure.
What the Camp Fire Revealed
Two months after disaster struck, the recovery in Paradise, California, is harder for some than for others.
Mapping the Chicago Neighborhoods Most at Risk From Pollution
New research on municipal pollution may help organizers push for more equitable policy.