Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy has announced the city’s first-ever 10-year food plan – Food Forward NYC – which seeks to address food insecurity from many different directions. Read More
The city of Seattle, WA has enacted an updated building energy code as part of its effort to find ways to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas pollution. The city has the target of being carbon Read More
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and the London Councils have launched a new task force to tackle digital exclusion in the city. Led by London’s Chief Digital Officer, Theo Blackwell, the project will address connectivity, Read More
Honolulu City Council is considering a resolution that would allow virtual meetings to be a permanent option for city commissions and boards. Portions of Hawaii’s Sunshine Law – Hawaii’s open meetings law that is meant Read More
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has given Atlantic City Electric the approval to implement a suite of programs that will expand clean electric transportation options in southern New Jersey. The programs will help Read More
The Surrey County Council in England has approved the replacement or retrofit of 89,000 street lamps for an annual expected savings of 7700 tonnes of carbon emissions, 6 million kilowatt hours of electricity, while also Read More
Tuscaloosa, Alabama has teamed up with researchers at the University of Alabama to develop technology that can automatically detect blighted properties. The system uses cameras mounted on city vehicles – such as garbage trucks – Read More
The Rice Design Alliance – a public programs and outreach arm of Rice Architecture – is now accepting applications for the Rice Design Alliance Houston Design Research Grant. The grant is open nationally to university students and faculty Read More
The city of Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability, and Resiliency (CASR) is working with local nonprofit Colorado CarShare to install seven shareable electric cars (EVs) at six new charging stations across the city. The new fleet Read More
The Australian government has declared the City of Adelaide to have been carbon neutral for the fiscal year of 2019-20 – fulfilling the target set by the city council in 2008 to achieve that status Read More
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