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Return To Car Use Neither Healthy Nor Sustainable, Says United Nations

To meet international climate change obligations, governments will instead have to fund and promote “more environmentally sound, healthy ‎and sustainable” forms of mobility, “particularly bicycle use.” Source: Return To…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 24, 2020

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Europe’s Cities Are Making Less Room for Cars After Coronavirus

How will cities carefully emerge from their coronavirus quarantines once lockdown measures are relaxed? That question might seem premature in the U.S., but in places where the virus struck earlier,…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 8, 2020

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Indigenous Solutions to Climate Crisis Could Lie in Archaeology, Experts Say

By Ian Morse For the first time last August, indigenous groups felt the global community was taking seriously their potential contributions to climate crisis policy. Indigenous peoples have long been…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 7, 2020

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London cycling could increase tenfold after lockdown, says TfL

Mayor and agency planning fast-track new cycle routes and wider pavements Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Cycling in London could increase tenfold and pavements could be…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 6, 2020

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Barclays makes first investment under new Sustainable Impact Capital initiative in SaveMoneyCutCarbon

Barclays has today announced a significant equity investment in SaveMoneyCutCarbon, the digital aggregator that provides a unique marketplace focused on sustainability, offering cost-effective products and solutions to businesses and consumers seeking…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 6, 2020

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This is climate tech

Heather Clancy Wed, 04/22/2020 - 01:50 Since mid-March, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic infected certain sectors of the U.S. economy, more than 200 U.S. startups have cut…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 6, 2020

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How is Disney going to imagineer itself out of this one?

The Walt Disney Company just shared how much it thinks the coronavirus pandemic has cost its business so far. Today the Walt Disney Company reported $18.01 billion in revenue and…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 5, 2020

sustainability

The Art of the Census

In a way, the U.S. Census Bureau picked a good year to go digital. Since 1790, when the federal government first started collecting national demographic data, the 2020 decennial count…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 5, 2020

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Will Commuters Ever Go Back to Commuter Trains?

Last year, the fiscal management control board of MBTA, Boston’s regional transit agency, faced a critical decision. With area commuters enduring the worst car traffic in the United States, would…

Antonio Vieira Santos May 5, 2020

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Plastics pile up as coronavirus hits Asia recyclers

COVID-19 pandemic starting to threaten the entire Asian recycling sector Source: Plastics pile up as coronavirus hits Asia recyclers

Antonio Vieira Santos May 1, 2020