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#AI scanning systems are tripling #recycling rates, marking a potentially major change for #cities after years of stagnation. context.news/ai/us-cities-l…

After e-commerce warehouses proliferated during the pandemic, locals realized their hands were tied. Now communities are tapping an esoteric legal approach -- and continuing #environmentaljustice work under attack by the federal government. #Pollution context.news/nature/us-comm…

Amid the US #immigration crackdown, residents and lawmakers are helping street vendors. They're passing laws, pushing for implementation of existing protections, even "buying out" vendors to help get them off streets. #CitiesForAll context.news/money-power-pe…

Trump wants to scrap the official view that #climate change is bad for our health, a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to slow emissions. #ClimateAction #COP30 context.news/climate-risks/…

As the Trump administration changes federal websites on #climatechange, nonprofits rebuild the data beyond the government’s reach. #ClimateScience context.news/climate-risks/…

#Energy affordability, voter concern at federal policy changes and local mandates are boosting efforts to continue #climate momentum in #cities. #EnergyTransition #COP30 context.news/just-transitio…

"We're proving that, at a time of stress on the government taking action to address climate, cities can grow, we can prosper, but cut emissions at the same time." #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #cities #COP30 context.news/just-transitio…

Even amid federal policy changes, continued action by #cities could help the US meet more than two-thirds of its #climate goal context.news/green-cities/h…

"There's nothing FEMA has that isn't already here and that people can't already give to each other. Our job is to ... integrate that into a #MutualAid effort." #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateAction #ResilienceIsKey /#cities context.news/climate-risks/…

As federal help fades, US states use their own laws to fight cumulative impact of #pollution on poor and minority areas. #EnvironmentalPolicy #Equity #cities context.news/nature/pollute…

President Trump's national #AI strategy seeks to undermine local opposition to data center development context.news/ai/as-trump-pr… #datacenterinfrastructures

"Our goal here is to build lots of small organic farms that are just for the people who are within about 10 miles of the farms." #FoodSecurity #UrbanFarming #verticalfarming #cities context.news/nature/in-the-…

Hawaii's landmark #climate impact fee aims boost #conservation, offering a model as Trump cuts climate and environmental spending. #conservationmatters context.news/nature/hawaii-…

"We're afraid it'll be a domino effect, that they're going to go from #coal plant to coal plant and possibly wipe away their retirement dates." #EnergyTransition context.news/just-transitio…

“Every day he leaves for work is a day we wait in hopes we don’t hear the same phone call – despair, anxiety, worried that he won’t pass out on the job again.” #heatwave #Heat #LaborRights #cities4health context.news/money-power-pe…

"These companies seem to have lost their way with regard to #climate strategies. The narrative has changed from 'we’re fixed on the target' to 'we're really not sure, but we’ll get there somehow.'" #bigtech #datacenters #energy #AI context.news/just-transitio…

The law has been a "big aspect of challenging fossil fuel infrastructure projects," and pending cases are already being affected. #environment #ClimateResilience context.news/green-cities/u…

Some warn the #housing crisis could be used as cover for a “massive public lands sell-off." #affordablehousingfacts #cities context.news/rethinking-the…

"This isn't just cutting #LIHEAP. You're cutting the financial infrastructure of low-income families." #energy #equity context.news/climate-risks/…

"Every state now has a digital equity plan, which is amazing. Now that's all a waste – the implementation funds are what got stopped." #DigitalAccesibility #equity context.news/digital-divide…