Corinne Grinapol

Despite signs of global progress on climate change mitigation, the COP 29 conference this year is underway in Azerbaijan as nations face still high carbon reduction hurdles and new political and financial strains.

Despite signs of global progress on climate change mitigation, the COP 29 conference this year is underway in Azerbaijan as nations face still high carbon reduction hurdles and new political and financial strains.

Given that the aim of this ecotourism project connecting two lakes was to create a network of roads, 31.4 km in total, to allow visitors access to a remote, mountainous area, accessibility was a challenge.

With desalination in Spain an important strategy amid ongoing water shortages partially linked to climate change, a plant in Torrevieja—a coastal Mediterranean city in the country's southeast—plans to boost its output of desalinated water by 50%.

Port infrastructure receives the highest grade, stormwater and transit the lowest as report authors say continued federal, state and local funding is necessary to continue improving the country's infrastructure. 

Release of funds approriated under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act and held at Citibank now is,being litigated in two D.C.federal courtw.

The release of the IRA-approriated funds, held at Citibank, are currently being litigated in D.C. district and appeals court. 

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) says NY Power Authority will run the effort to develop one or more power plants upstate, but offers no specifics on design, siting or project delivery approach.

The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank and Dept. of Environmental Management have selected consultant Arup to conduct a statewide study of its 400-mile-plus coastline to examine climate change impacts and risks.

As the Trump administration scales back green transition progress on the federal level, states and cities are using all tools at their disposal, and finding new ones, to keep reducing greenhouse gas emissions.