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NYC Residents Zero In on Failing Energy Grid

By Kathleen Culliton / On September 12th, 2016
NYC's outdated, blackout-prone electrical grid is a dangerous liability in the era of climate change. Luckily there are community-led energy solutions worth shining a light on.

Reflections on Water Wrongs

By Rebecca Wodder / On August 30th, 2016
To build resilience to twenty-first century challenges, a transformational water ethic must not only respect the water rights of nature, but also the water rights of people, especially the most vulnerable among us.

The Myth That Coal Is Cheap

By Gary Cohen / On August 23rd, 2016
Its health and other societal costs are staggering. Phasing out coal-fired power plants would be good for the country.

NASA Scientists: Do You See Change? If So, Share It

By Loretta Williams / On August 15th, 2016
In January, Judy Donnelly noticed that maple syrup collection was starting much earlier than usual near her Connecticut home. "I've noticed tubing being strung to collect maple sap in neighboring towns," she wrote. "This doesn't usually happen until mid-February." Like others who post observations to iSeeChange.org, Donnelly is aware of changes in the weather and climate in her area. 

Oakland rejects coal terminal, sets climate change example

By Linda Rudolph, Keanan McGonigle / On August 9th, 2016
Two weeks ago, the Oakland City Council unanimously voted to ban the handling and storage of coal in the city, quashing a proposal to build what could have been the largest coal export facility in California.

8 Ways China is ‘Winning’ on Transportation

By CC Huang, Hallie Kennan / On August 4th, 2016
As Donald Trump likes to say, “China is beating us on everything.” While that’s a debatable proposition, there is one area where China is far ahead of the United States, and that’s in resilient transportation systems.

#ForewordFriday: Urban Resilience Project Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On July 29th, 2016
Bummed our Free Summe Read e-book promotion is over? Fear not! You can still get great content from Island Press. For those last minute summer vacations, bring along our collection of 2015 Urban Resilience Project content in Resilience Matters: Forging a Greener, Fairer Future for All. You'll find a wide-ranging series of articles, blogs, and op-eds from a diverse group of thinkers including activists, academics, architects, and more.

A Community Approach to Climate Resilience

By Rebecca Wodder / On July 28th, 2016
How to accumulate and leverage social capital to achieve healthy freshwater ecosystems, green infrastructure improvements, and triple-bottom-line benefits.

The Bipartisan Climate Solution: A Tax Swap

By Emil H. Frankel, Keith Kozloff / On July 21st, 2016
You wouldn’t know it from today’s polarized politics, but protecting the environment used to be a bipartisan effort.  There were, of course, the path-breaking conservation achievements of Theodore Roosevelt, a Republican. And, in the 1970s through the 1990s major federal environmental legislation – the National Environmental Policy Act, the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Council on Environmental Quality, the Clean Air Act  and Clean Water Act  – occurred under Republican administrations in cooperation with Democratic Congressional leadership. 

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