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    Cities North America
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    September 23, 2022

    The Health, Economic and Community Benefits of Zero-carbon Buildings

    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    An apartment building roof in Manhattan has been converted to offer residents the opportunity to garden.
    • Climate
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    North America
    Outcomes
    September 19, 2022

    US Infrastructure Bill Allocates Billions for Clean School Buses, Carbon Removal

    • Top Outcome: 2021
    Multi-ethnic group of elementary age children getting on a school bus
    • Top Outcome: 2021
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    August 30, 2022

    How Nature-based Solutions Can Protect Businesses from Water Risks

    • Cities
    • Forests
    A "restoration in progress" sign against the backdrop of a wetland
    • Cities
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    North America
    Update
    August 23, 2022

    Prioritizing Equity in Providing Technical Assistance to Underserved School Districts under WRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • pollution
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Yellow school buses visible behind chain fence
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    • pollution
    • electric mobility
    • Electric Mobility
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    August 5, 2022

    4 Quick and Sustainable Solutions to High Gas Prices in the US

    • transportation
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    A close-up photo depicting gas prices above four dollars
    • transportation
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • Energy
    • Clean Energy
    • Electric Mobility
    Cities
    North America
    Update
    August 4, 2022

    The Electric School Bus Series: How North Carolina's Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is Planning for Seven Generations of Sustainability

    • transportation
    • electric school bus series
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    Cherokee Boys Club’s electric school bus as it prepares its first climb in mountainous terrain.
    • transportation
    • electric school bus series
    • Cities
    • Towards a More Equal City
    Energy
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    August 4, 2022

    How Prepared Are US Cities to Implement the Justice40 Initiative?

    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    An electric bus against the backdrop of greenspace within a city
    • environmental justice
    • Equity & Governance
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • Energy
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 29, 2022

    Electric School Buses Win Big in US State Legislative Sessions

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    school buses
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 23, 2022

    8 Ways US States and Cities Can Create an EV Charging Network

    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-EV Charging
    Multiple EV charging stations.
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-EV Charging
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    June 21, 2022

    For Vibrant US Cities, Invest in Multi-modal Transportation

    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cyclist using the bike lane in a busy urban street.
    • transportation
    • Urban Mobility
    • electric mobility
    • Equity & Governance
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Health & Road Safety
    Cities
    North America
    News
    May 20, 2022

    STATEMENT: Biden Administration's Clean School Bus Program is Charging Ahead & Open for Applications

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    Cities
    Initiatives
    May 17, 2022

    Health & Road Safety

    Health and Road Safety
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    May 6, 2022

    Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Public bus and bike shares in Pittsburgh, PA.
    • Climate
    • Cities
    • transportation
    • Clean Energy
    • U.S. Climate
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric Vehicles
    Cities
    North America
    News
    April 7, 2022

    STATEMENT: New York Enacts First-in-Nation Plan to Electrify All State School Buses

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    Cities
    Initiatives
    March 10, 2022

    TheCityFix Labs

    People at Marine Drive in Mumbai, India
    Cities
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    February 14, 2022

    3 Design Considerations for Electric School Bus Vehicle-to-Grid Programs

    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 26, 2022

    How 3 Cities Can Turn Downed Trees Into Revenue

    • circular economy
    A close-up of a stacked pile of wooden slabs.
    • circular economy

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