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On 7 November 2022, the annual climate change summit, COP27, started in Egypt. This year's climate change summit gathered world leaders to discuss and plan how to tackle the climate crisis through climate mitigation or reducing emissions, and climate adaptation or how to prepare for the impacts …
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Thousands of Inuit living in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland in Canada comprising communities in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Northern Quebec, and Labrador, are facing housing issues. A new report from Statistics Canada shows that little has improved over the past five years and, in some …
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The latest IPCC assessment report, AR6, concludes that temperatures will continue to rise until at least 2050 under all emissions scenarios. Rising temperature means extreme weather events like heavy rainfall, flooding, stronger typhoons and hurricanes, droughts, and heat waves will become more …
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Private transportation is one of the significant sources of carbon emissions, and emissions are rising yearly. The use of electricity-run public transit can reduce energy consumption as well as the heat-trapping GHG emission. Car-dominated countries like the United States can reduce emissions …
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Aging infrastructure and inadequate maintenance is common in the United States, but this is also a dangerous combination that can lead the structure to collapse. An example is the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh that gave way on 28 January 2022, the same day President Biden visited the "Steel …
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President Biden’s goal for EV sales to reach 50% of the total vehicle sales by 2030 has driven billions of dollars in EV and battery production, creating a new “battery belt” or “gigafactories” in the US. The Electrek article reports that to meet the demands for zero-emission cars and ensure an …
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Puerto Rico, a territory of the wealthiest nation on the planet, has been struggling with a fragile electric grid for years. Regular blackouts are familiar to many of its residents, and even expected weather forecasts inform them of an incoming hurricane. Each time a hurricane pummelled through …
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When it comes to the most congested cities in the world, Manila, Philippines, ranks 8th in the world, according to a research result by GoShorty, a British car insurance provider. The company said they are sourcing their data from TomTom Traffic Congestion Index. Their research also shows that …
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The anti-government and anti-tax mantra Ronald Regan promoted in the 80s remains in many Americans until today. But this sentiment that drove under-taxation in the country resulted in underfunding some essential services. Poor communities and cities are most affected by its consequences when this …
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There has been renewed focus on cybersecurity as critical infrastructure, as some crucial infrastructure in the US has been subjected to cyber hacks. In 2019 a Kansas water treatment plant was tampered with, and in February 2021, hackers infiltrated a Florida water treatment plant. Unlike …
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Urban areas in New Zealand are already feeling the impacts of climate change. Sea levels in the country have been rising at an average rate of 1.81 millimeters per year since the record began, making coastal communities and infrastructure vulnerable to floods, floods, tsunamis, storm surges, and …
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Schools in the US are in a dismal state, says the Education Week article "The Dismal State of School Infrastructure, in Charts." It mentioned the following: The article notes that insufficient and inequitable public investment is the reason behind these infrastructure problems. With a …
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