Construction of the pilot project on U.S. Highway 52 began this month. State officials hope it can help quell range anxiety and electrify long-haul trucks.
“Everybody is looking for the magic tree.”
https://grist.org/agriculture/climate-change-tree-urban-city-arborists-heat-drought-native-species/
Activists found more than 5,000 trucks and buses passing through a single neighborhood in a day.
https://grist.org/cities/monitoring-a-sea-of-trucks-in-chicago/
The climate benefits of shared e-scooters depend upon how companies deploy and manage them, and what steps are taken to keep riders safe.
https://grist.org/transportation/8-years-into-americas-e-scooter-experiment-what-have-we-learned/
Subsidence is causing parts of Mexico City to sink, and it’s happening at an uneven rate. That’s bad news for its sprawling public transportation system.
https://grist.org/transportation/mexico-citys-metro-system-is-sinking-fast-yours-could-be-next/
If electric cars are the future, people with disabilities need to drive them.
The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit.
https://grist.org/buildings/one-chicago-neighborhood-fights-gentrification-climate-change-same-time/
Documents show how federal paperwork delayed the state’s recovery from Hurricane Florence and left low-income renters in the lurch.
https://grist.org/extreme-weather/north-carolina-hurricane-florence-affordable-housing-new-bern/
Delivery trucks, school buses, and other short-haul vehicles will electrify much faster than big rigs, easing air pollution in urban neighborhoods.
https://grist.org/regulation/biden-epa-truck-rule-climate-pollution-heavy-duty-bus-delivery/
The city estimates that its wildly popular subsidies are helping to eliminate 170,000 vehicle miles traveled per week.
Automakers back the tighter emissions regulation, which climate advocates welcome but feel "falls far short of what is needed."
https://grist.org/regulation/with-its-new-tailpipe-rules-the-epa-eyes-an-electric-future/
“Do you have to lose your history, your culture, or your identity in that process?”
https://grist.org/equity/industry-poisoned-black-neighborhood-houston-is-buyout-solution/
Some activists view the industry's response as a badge of success.
https://grist.org/cities/california-cities-ban-new-gas-stations-big-oil-backlash/
“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys.
https://grist.org/cities/black-communities-south-side-chicago-geothermal-heat/
For children living near U.S. highways, a transition to zero-emission electric vehicles will mean reduced exposure to dangerous exhaust.
https://grist.org/transportation/the-ev-shift-could-prevent-millions-of-childhood-asthma-attacks/
The problem: The pollution from all the truck exhaust is mega-dangerous.
https://grist.org/climate/quarter-new-york-state-residents-live-near-mega-warehouse/
Apartments need EV charging. Supporters of trickle-slow “Level 1” chargers argue that access is more important than speed.
Buildings are Chicago’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, but efforts to decarbonize them are facing union opposition.
https://grist.org/buildings/chicago-first-major-midwest-city-cut-gas-new-construction/
High costs and strict regulations are pushing development into fire country, putting homeowners in the crosshairs of climate change.
https://grist.org/housing/california-housing-market-wildfire-climate-change/