Climate Buildings
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Did big expectations doom the tiny house movement?
Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic.
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Report: 41 million Americans are simmering on urban heat islands
New research says reducing paved surfaces and increasing green space could cool cities down.
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New York’s public housing is sinking — literally
The city is spending billions to protect Manhattan. Other boroughs, not so much.
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As California attempts a ‘managed retreat,’ coastal homeowners sue to stay
A legal battle in Half Moon Bay could derail the state's climate adaptation push.
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Broken furnace? In the Bay Area, soon you’ll have to replace it with a heat pump
Regulators ban the sale of gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, starting in 2027.
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A gas utility’s astroturf campaign threatens Oregon’s first electrification ordinance
Environmental groups say there’s nothing grassroots about Eugene Residents for Energy Choice.
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A report on flood-ravaged communities in eastern Kentucky asks: What is the real cost of rebuilding?
The answer: try at least $500 million.
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How the ‘electrify everything’ movement went mainstream
One in five Americans now lives in an area that's trying to move buildings off fossil fuels.
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Homes in flood zones are overvalued by billions, study finds
Failure to account for climate change means low-income homeowners could see their home values plunge
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Qatar claims the 2022 FIFA World Cup is carbon neutral. It’s not.
A new report says stadium construction is largely to blame