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A challenge for cities: going green, without gentrification
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A challenge for cities: going green, without gentrification

Community displacement has emerged as an unintended cost of climate resilience efforts. Here’s how cities can boost both livability and equity. 
Good News
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Italian EV startup takes on US, Chinese rivals with design

Elon Musk's Tesla paved the way nearly two decades ago. Now, the global transition to fully electric vehicles is littered with startups, inspired by a new era in mobility and drawn by the lower cost of building EVs compared with their fossil-fuel-guzzling forbears.

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'A tree for each citizen': Forestami is trying to plant 3 million trees in Milan

An urban reforestation project in Milan is attempting to plant 3 million trees in the northern Italian city, roughly equating to the population of the city's metropolitan area.

Causes
energy crisis & italy's election
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Energy crisis key to Italy's election — but not conservation

Giambarini Group’s plants in northern Italy must keep zinc baths that rustproof steel and iron parts super-heated around the clock, seven days a week, an energy-intensive process that has grown exponentially more costly as natural gas prices spike .

Causes
This play is touring Europe. But no one's going anywhere
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This play is touring Europe. But no one's going anywhere

How can theaters adapt to prevent climate change? The British director Katie Mitchell and a Swiss playhouse have developed a new model for taking a production on the road.
Politics
Italy's push to create greener cities led to $5 billion in fraud
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Italy's push to create greener cities led to $5 billion in fraud

Generous government incentives were snapped up by scammers and may have created a construction bubble.
Causes
Milan plans bike lane infrastructure to rival Paris
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Milan plans bike lane infrastructure to rival Paris

Italy’s most populous metro area will build hundreds of kilometers of protected cycling lanes to ward off worsening pollution from cars and trucks.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Divers underwater swimming above a coral reef with a diversity of colorful fish.

Veterans are diving back in—this time to protect coral reefs and sea turtles

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Zeppelins might be slow, but their comeback could move the needle on green aviation

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Texas pushes fracking wastewater reuse, raising fears over liability and pollution

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Congress proposes major reforms to FEMA in bid to counter Trump cuts

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How fragile power grids and extreme weather combined to cause Europe’s biggest blackout in decades

Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

CLIMATE
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States press Big Oil to pay for climate damage as legal battles mount

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Trump halts enforcement of key regulations, triggering legal concerns