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The UN Climate Talks Are About to Face Maddening Uncertainties

At next week’s COP27 conference, negotiators need to get serious about massively reducing emissions—and fast.

Smart Cities from Emerging Technology – How many is your community considering?

We’ve written 10 stories that explore how cities and companies think tech fits into the vibrant, complex, and human world of urban life.

New biopolymer gives asphalt roads a soybean-based-boost

It’s being offered in several variants, including one for use in virgin asphalt, one that allows a greater amount of recycled asphalt to be used in roads, and one that helps rejuvenate asphalt shingles.

The world is missing its lofty climate targets. Time for some realism – Global warming cannot be limited to 1.5°C

The same countries that piously signed the Paris agreement have not cut their emissions enough to meet its targets; in fact global emissions are still growing.

The Gas Station’s Hidden Battle to Survive

Electric vehicles are changing the way Americans fuel up. Will it mean the end of the gas station?

This startup will replace old, rundown homes with ones that generate more energy than they use

Housing is responsible for a huge chunk of global carbon emissions—nearly a quarter of it, by one estimate. That’s one of the reasons that the new startup Aro Homes exists: Every house it builds will have net-zero energy use. The houses are also designed to cut water use in half and shrink the amount of time needed for construction.

Missoula-based Submittable launches new platform to simplify corporate giving – Career Opportunities

In its announcement, Submittable said the Give platform creates a simpler way to donate. It replaces forms, spreadsheets and direct payments with a clean interface that integrates with accounting and payroll systems for easy one-time or ongoing deductions.

The Northwest Power Pool

The Northwest Power Pool is a corporation based in Portland that helps its members, which are electric utilities that own generating plants and sell power throughout the Northwest and Western Canada, achieve the maximum benefits from coordinating the operations of their power plants.

Cruise Expands Robotaxi Service in San Francisco Massively

Cruise has just expanded quite massively and now covers almost all of San Francisco. That’s an impressive feat, and could signal a lot of potential for Cruise to go into numerous big cities and provide nearly complete coverage within its borders and suburbs.

What Is Bike Infrastructure?

Safe and comprehensive bike facilities play a crucial role in keeping vulnerable road users safe, promoting biking as an everyday transit mode, and reducing carbon emissions and traffic congestion by encouraging a shift to more multimodal transportation.

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