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Transition to EVs could save $72B in health costs: American Lung

WEBDive Brief: A widespread transition to electric vehicles (EVs) could help avoid more than $72 billion in public health costs nationally in 2050 due to emission …

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Louisville, KY project will examine links between health and …

WEBDive Brief: The $14.5 million Green Heart project has launched in Louisville through a partnership of the Institute for Healthy Air, Water and Soil, the University of …

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Construction Sites Convert to Public Space with Softwalks

WEBNo one would ever think of enjoying the space within construction scaffolding (or sidewalk sheds). But, in New York City, they are so prevalent (stretching 189 miles if lined end to …

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States must assess road safety for pedestrians, cyclists under …

WEBDive Insight: Amid a decade-long increase in traffic fatalities, the U.S. Department of Transportation adopted the Safe System Approach in 2022, which …

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Governments are declaring racism a health crisis. What comes next

WEBToday, Milwaukee County is far from alone in declaring such a crisis. In the wake of national demonstrations against police violence, coupled with racial disparities …

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Without vehicle or viable public transit, 1 in 5 miss needed …

WEBDive Brief: More than 20% of people without a personal vehicle and with only poor or fair access to public transportation said they had foregone healthcare needs …

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As anxiety rises, cities adapt mental health services on the fly

WEBThe $850 million initiative was designed to make sure all New Yorkers, even those without insurance, could get mental health treatment by coordinating with other …

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The cost and confusion of cleaning PFAS contamination

WEBFollowing years of research and evidence, the EPA released its most recently updated lifetime health advisory on PFOA and PFOS in 2016, recommending …

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3 charts that illustrate the health impact of global climate change

WEBResearchers outlined a harrowing reality about the global environment as it exists today in a report titled, "The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: …

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6 steps for mitigating elevator-related health concerns

WEBIn light of the pandemic, we've outlined six recommendations for o wners and operators of vertical real estate assets to consider in mitigating elevator-related health …

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Amsterdam tops ranking of healthiest cities Smart Cities Dive

WEBAmsterdam, Netherlands; Oslo, Norway and Munich, Germany headed a ranking of the world’s healthiest cities from Europe-based rental site Spotahome. San …

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Study: Low-income neighborhoods disproportionately feel …

WEBA new report from Data-Driven Yale, the Urban Environment and Social Inclusion Index (UESI), indicates that low-income neighborhoods around the world bear …

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Healthy, Liveable, and Sustainable Communities Can Make a Big

WEBThree years ago, in year 2012, the life expectancy (LE) at birth, for both men and women combined, was 80 years or more in 33 countries around the world.

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Why Cities are Better for Watersheds than Suburbs

WEBDevelopment necessarily creates giant swaths of constructed areas that have no unifying ecosystem. It also disturbs existing natural areas that are part of the natural cycling of …

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Switching to LED Lighting: the Health, Financial and Environmental

WEBThe US Environment Protection Agency has calculated that LED lights will save 88 terawatt-hours of electricity from 2010 until 2030 – enough to power seven million homes for an …

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‘Amazingly high’ air pollution near Houston chemical plants gets …

WEBHouston is on a mission to better understand the air pollution that plagues communities near chemical plants — and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …

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Chattanooga reduced its homeless population by almost 50% last …

WEBIn Chattanooga, targeted groups include veterans — the city virtually ended veteran homelessness in 2020, only for it to increase last year — families and youths. …

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How "Pocket Parks" Make Cities Safer and Healthier

WEBNearly 4,500 vacant lots totaling over 7.8 million square feet were greened from 1999-2008. The Horticultural Society’s inventory of work formed the basis for the new study: “This …

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Vertical Farms That Could Actually Get Built Smart Cities Dive

WEBArchDaily featured a sensible vertical farming design by Tim Stephens, a New Zealand architect. In the midst of dense buldings in highly populated urban areas, urban …

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GE enters deal to make New York Power Authority 'first fully digital

WEBThe agreement aims to digitize NYPA's entire system to boost reliability and decrease its carbon footprint.

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Gowanus Canal Dolphin Exposes Limits of Environmental Law

WEBOn January 25, 2013, a dolphin swam into Brooklyn, New York's Gowanus Canal.Poor dolphin! Gowanus canal is a 1.8 mile long Superfund site—a toxic stew of pesticides, …

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