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December 07, 2020

Expanding Decarbonizaion Options

What's the point of a geothermal microgrid? Two Massachusetts pilot projects will answer that question

Much-Disputed Gas Pipeline Nears Completion

A fracked-gas pipeline project is almost complete in North Brooklyn, but the final phase is delayed. Is local project opposition the cause?

NYC Comptroller Stringer: Biking By the Numbers

"The bicycling boom that began in June continued through October...During the month of October, bike volume on the four East River bridges in DOT’s count totaled 638,042, an increase of more than 173,000 from last year.
The number of bikes crossing the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge rose 50% to nearly 174,000 this October, as volume rose 40% on the Williamsburg Bridge and 36% on the Manhattan Bridge.
Volume was up by 7% on the Brooklyn Bridge in October, reversing year-over-year declines in the prior three months."

December 04, 2020

Holiday Season, Virus-Safe Musical Interlude

Bach + Paul Simon, as melded by The Knights of NYC

Electrify Everything

To act on the mantra "electrify everything", its costs must be made affordable for all homes, but how?

A Not-Quite-Yet-There Renewable Energy Supply

Isn't it time to wave hello to tide power?

December 03, 2020

Rx For NIMBY

Are there pathways toward changing hearts + minds in communities opposed to hosting renewable energy facilities?

Our Climate Future

The Obama way is not the way for Biden to undo Trump's climate chaos

December 01, 2020

Quebec: From All-Hydro To Zero-Carbon

What's the fastest track to economy-wide decarbonization for Quebec, a province that already gets its electricity from carbon-free hydropower?

November 30, 2020

Another Subway Slowdown

The scheduled 2020 delivery of an initial batch of test cars from a $1.4 billion MTA purchase of 535 subway cars is not expected to begin arriving until early 2021. Hope it's not a COD deal

Paris: Bike Theft Epidemic

Let's hope there's a cure for the bike theft epidemic sweeping Paris

Needed Now: Smarter Streetscapes

COVID's lesson for a safe, healthy, vibrant NYC
; re-think, re-do street life + mobility resources

Fannie, Freddie Face Fierce Climate Risks

The trillion dollar federal mortgage-backing giants FANNIE MAE + FREDDIE MAC could take an enormous hit, big enough to knock the economy into a tailspin, if the climate crisis ravages their housing portfolios

New Delhi: Bad Air Days, Every Day

What explains the chronically poisonous air of New Delhi?

A Holiday Lagniappe

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