SARAH HOLDER – MAY 3, 2019 A much-anticipated CDC report on the safety of dockless electric scooters in Austin, Texas, finds an alarming percentage of head injuries after crashes. At the annual Epidemic Intelligence Service conference in Atlanta this week, the Centers for Disease Control and … Continue reading Scooters Wouldn’t Be So Dangerous If You Just Wore a Helmet
Cities aren’t using their key tool for climate action: Urban planning Too much of today’s conversation focuses on energy generation rather than urban design, land-use planning and zoning interventions. MIHIR PRAKASH DARCY JONES SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Cities generate two-thirds of global energy demand and greenhouse-gas … Continue reading Cities aren’t using their key tool for climate action: Urban planning
Barack Obama President of the United States, Washington, DC 20500, USA. Email: press@who.eop.gov. After 20 January 2017: contact@obamaoffice44.org Private-sector efforts help drive decoupling of emissions and economic growth The release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to human activity is increasing … Continue reading The irreversible momentum of clean energy
A sad reality … January 2, 2017, by Santosh Koirala The flowering season of the Himalayan rhododendron has moved forward by three months in response to climate change. RANPUR, Nepal, 2 January, 2017 – The rhododendron, one of the most popular and colourful small evergreen … Continue reading Himalayan bloom brings spring forward
BY JESSICA WILLIAMS Mayor Mitch Landrieu has proposed doubling the number of traffic cameras in New Orleans next year, a move he says should reduce dangerous driving in school zones and on busy streets. But a report Wednesday from Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux suggests there … Continue reading Blown red lights don’t represent biggest danger for pedestrians in New Orleans, report says
Alissa Walker Oct 28, 2016 Halloween is the perfect time to make people afraid of the dark. Maybe that’s why New York City’s Department of Transportation is employing spooky tactics to scare pedestrians by telling New Yorkers that walking at night is dangerous. A campaign … Continue reading Pedestrian-shaming campaigns have got to stop
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