FutureStructure Infrastructure
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Each winning city will receive an individualized Readiness Workshop and host of tech tools to help further its efforts toward becoming a smart city.
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Some 1,500 intersections in Los Angeles to get upgraded with new traffic signal equipment.
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The Boring Company will construct a four-mile tunnel to connect a rail station with Ontario International Airport in the Los Angeles region. The tunnel will accommodate zero-emission and possibly autonomous vehicles.
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Congress and state regulators have adopted policies that have vastly different impacts on solar energy developments. Some extend current policies aimed at subsidizing development. Others seek to scale back incentives.
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In response to citizens concerns over lower air quality because of the pollutants released during the drilling process, the Department of Environmental Protection will monitor air quality in rural Pennsylvania.
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The EPA will start meeting with state officials, utility managers and others to develop what he called “a national action plan on drinking water,” to be released by year’s end.
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Although California leads states in electric vehicles on the road, many are still concerned about the lack of EV infrastructure. One solution would be to open the market for charging stations.
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The report asserts that the vast majority of the 2015 emissions were illegal because they exceeded the maximum emissions facilities allowed under their state and federal air permits.
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Technology has a role in moving toward a goal of zero waste, but so does the "soft" infrastructure of citizen activism and effective policies.
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The Chattanooga chargers are part of a larger initiative around the nation financed by Nissan, maker of the Tennessee-produced LEAF electric car.
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Cities like Kansas City, Mo., are claiming the smart city mantle. But how smart are they really?
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Hartford, Conn., officials aren't ruling out the possibility of accepting a new, cleaner refuse facility at the 80-acre South Meadows site, but he made it clear they will need a lot of convincing.
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Moniz says the Obama administration is committed to a future with less carbon going into the atmosphere, but it does not advocate ending the use of coal for electricity production in the U.S.
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The state's Innovation and Technology Transportation Program has more than a dozen proposed projects in the pipeline, along with a $74 million budget.
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The requirement expands on a small but growing trend of cities taking a leading role in setting laws that mandate the installation of renewable energy or energy-efficiency technology.
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The signing of the Paris agreement is the first step towards making it a reality.
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New research suggests cities need to adapt a new way of modeling — or else prepare for the consequences.
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The board of Southern Nevada’s Regional Transportation Commission adopted a major transit plan giving the green light for officials to get started on certain planning steps related to the light rail system.
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Even as the world of transportation technology rushes forward, two of the Golden State's largest cities are preaching evolution rather than revolution.
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As major oil-producing states face budget shortfalls, a new report calls on states to rethink how they’re collecting and spending severance tax revenues.
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The goal is to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2030, as a part of the city's obligation to address global warming as outlined in the landmark Paris Agreement.
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