What's The Rush?
It's spreading fast — the idea that rush hour on NYC mass transit has got to go for NYC to start up again and get back its mojo. Sounds right to me. But the end of rush hour means quickly moving the city in a direction never before conjured up even in utopian fever dreams.
Snapshot
Coronavirus, the Future of Cities and an Inclusive Green Recovery
COVID-19 has plunged the world into the deepest crisis in industrial history in just a few months. What began as a local epidemic in Wuhan in December 2019 has developed into a global pandemic along the travel and trade networks so characteristic of 21st Century globalization.
In the Media
From Demanding Accountability To Nightmare In 9 Months
At the end of 2019, I wrote about the pressing need to create standards to calculate and disclose systemic climate risks faced by corporate and financial America. What happened? Let's look back.
Subway Reading
Profitless Solar Power
Is it more than growing pains that's hurting the rooftop solar power installation business?
NY Gets On The Electric Bus
Governor Cuomo announces a $16.4 million initiative to make electric buses available to NY transit users
2021: Making It Better
HAPPY NEW YEAR: @nycmayor, have you made your 2021 resolutions yet? If not, fortunately, we've done it for you! https://t.co/kHPeuahsZr
— Streetsblog New York (@StreetsblogNYC) January 1, 2021
In The Carbon Age
Europe: David v Goliath Updated
What are the prospects for community-scale renewable energy as big firms move into this economic sector?
Energy Storage Grows Up
Success has many parents, who can take credit for the energy storage boom?
Boston: Out With The Old...
...In with net zero carbon pollution standards for new buildings by way of innovative city zoning rules
Worldwide
Oh No, Not Again
2020 ties for hottest year on record https://t.co/iFQ3avTsBR
— Financial Times (@FT) January 8, 2021
Spy In Sky Aids Climate Research
Cold War Era spy satellite information is now being studied to see global environmental changes over the last half century
EU: Climate Leader Must Do More Leading
Brussels struggles to export its climate ideals https://t.co/heXw9dCsZS
— Will Yeates (@WYeates) January 4, 2021
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Events 2020–21
The Sallan Foundation 2005–2020
It’s been my privilege to head the Sallan Foundation for its entire sixteen years. Sallan has provided a grand opportunity to advance useful knowledge for greener cities. I gave it my all + am filled with confidence that Sallan’s comrades + companions in climate action will prevail — Nancy E Anderson, Ph.D, Executive Director
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NYU Startup School
23 Feb
[Virtual] Funding Your R&D: VC, Federal Grants, and More — This session will be led by Alexia Akbay (CAS '17), CEO of Symbrosia. With a background in green chemistry, Alexia's prior research focused on petroleum-based consumer products, medical marijuana, and blockchain-enabled carbon accounting.
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U Michigan: Peter M. Wege Lecture
10 Mar
[Virtual] The School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan 18th Peter M. Wege Lecture — A Conversation with Naomi Klein
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