The New York City Mayor’s Office is mandated by the City Charter to release a biannual management report which charts the performance of city agencies and programs, such as response times for New York’s 311 Read More
The University of Melbourne, Kapsch TrafficCom, and the Victorian Department of Transport are launching a new traffic management system in Melbourne, Australia with the goal of easing congestion; improving road safety for cars, pedestrians and Read More
The city of Tallinn in Estonia will be participating in an international project to develop adaptation measures to counter the increasing effect of heat waves caused by climate change. Tallinn’s Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Read More
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has launched an initiative – Communities LEAP (Local Energy Action Program) – to help cities, towns, and tribes develop clean energy projects and find funding for them from the Read More
As part of the Green New Deal for Boston, Boston Public Schools (BPS) and the City of Boston’s Environment Department are launching an electric school bus pilot program in a bid to reduce vehicle emissions, Read More
Princeton University Professor Anu Ramaswami and her team have developed a tool for city planners to help them design a series of actions that will set them on the path to carbon neutrality. The actions Read More
ReFED has recently updated and relaunched its Food Waste Policy Finder – an online tool that provides a database of legislative and regulatory policy at the federal, state, and local levels pertaining to food waste Read More
New York City’s FloodNet is a five-year project with a network of 500 sensors that will provide real-time data from areas in the city that see routine flooding. The project is a collaboration between the Read More
The City Council of Plymouth in southwest England is using robotic vehicles – called Waste Sharks – to collect plastic litter in the sea. The Waste Sharks are part of the council’s Preventing Plastic Pollution Read More
The city of Chicago, IL recently released a citywide plan for trails and open spaces that will contribute to a network of community-led green infrastructure projects. The plan is intended to add 48 miles (~ Read More
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