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Is High-Speed Rail on the Rocks?

PerspectivesUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
California’s proposed bullet train is in trouble, while a Texas project is meeting resistance. What’s going on?

Final Five Cities Join Bloomberg Climate Challenge

Expert BlogChristina Angelides
The Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge—a $70 million dollar program helping a total of 25 cities nationwide step up their efforts to tackle climate change—announced today its final five winning cities: Austin, San Antonio, Albuquerque, Denver and Orlando.

St. Petersburg Wins Climate Challenge; 5 More Cities to Join

Expert BlogJay Orfield
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Natural Resources Defense Council today announced St. Petersburg as the 20th winning city in the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge (ACCC), a $70 million dollar program designed to accelerate ambitious U.S. cities’ efforts to tackle climate…

The Future of Seattle’s Ferries Is Electric

DispatchSeattle, WashingtonStarre Vartan
The largest ferry system in the United States prepares to stop using diesel fuel to help Washington achieve its climate action goals.

Road from Paris: India’s Progress Toward Its Climate Pledge

Expert BlogSameer Kwatra, Anjali Jaiswal
India, the third largest emitter, and one of the largest economies in the world, is key to the success of the unprecedented effort to combat climate change. At the historic Paris climate talks in 2015, India had made an ambitious…

The Festering Sanitation Crisis at Our Border

DispatchArizona, Mexico, CaliforniaTim Vanderpool
As the Trump administration ratchets up its rhetoric demanding billions for a wall, American communities along the Mexico border are in need of basic services, like reliable sewage treatment.

Seven Midwest Winners Announced in City Climate Challenge

Expert BlogKatharine McCormick
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Natural Resources Defense Council and partners today announced that St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Columbus are among the 20 winning cities in the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge. These Midwest cities join eight…

Hope for the End of Harmful Riders?

Expert BlogMarc Boom
This bill provided strong funding for clean energy programs within the Department of Energy and did so without new attempts to add policy riders that would undermine environmental protections. Is this the beginning of a new pattern, or just a…