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Trail maintenance program set to be replenished, expanded under infrastructure bill

For constituents seeking nature’s respite, easy access to the local forests might fall high on their list of important public services. But when compared to the more pressing needs of crumbling infrastructure, leaders of cash-strapped communities might think twice before diverting money toward trail maintenance. The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed through the House by a bipartisan consensus Friday night takes a step toward addressing this need by replenishing a key grant […]

Bipartisan infrastructure bill approved by the House; vote on social spending package delayed

With the historic passage of President Joe Biden’s Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill Friday, the federal government is poised to invest  $1 trillion in America’s crumbling infrastructure. The bill sets aside tens of billions for water infrastructure, transportation needs, broadband buildouts, cybersecurity and resiliency, among other things. It marks $284 billion for transportation, $55 billion for water, $65 billion […]

Ithaca, New York is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2030

Ithaca, N.Y. intends to be carbon-neutral by the end of the decade. On Wednesday, the city’s 10-member Common Council voted to give Mayor Svante L. Myrick the ability to negotiate a contract with the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based climate tech startup BlocPower to electrify and decarbonize municipally owned buildings. The contract represents the first large-scale, city-wide electrification initiative in the United […]

Emerging technology can help police increase transparency, streamline data collection

For the last year or so—sparked by nationwide protests that materialized following a few instances of violence—lack of transparency in law enforcement has periodically dominated public discourse. As local administrators pivot to address these concerns within their communities, emerging technologies can help agencies identify and prevent racial bias.  New software developed by the California-based artificial intelligence tech company Veritone, for example, automatically collects […]

Report: There’s an impending ‘tsunami’ of electric vehicles set to hit American roads and utilities should prepare

With global leaders meeting this week at a United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, much media focus is centered on environmentally friendly solutions. With technology evolving quickly to meet increasingly strong political demands, an era marked by coal-fired plants and skylines smothered by smog is drawing to a close.  There’s no going back to […]

Study finds lower income households have carried the worst of the pandemic’s fiscal impact

The fiscal brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far taken the lives of nearly 750,000 Americans, has been borne by lower-class families already struggling to make ends meet, according to a new report from United For ALICE, a nonprofit that advocates for asset limited, income (limited) and constrained, but still employed (ALICE) households.  Even before the pandemic, “42 percent […]

Green infrastructure increases resiliency to climate change, provides many other co-benefits

With rising sea levels outpacing the retention capacity of shoreline infrastructure and impervious city surfaces diverting stormwater into floods, it’s clear that climate change and its environmental impact on communities—especially those that are underserved—demands a more sustainable solution.  Living shorelines, a type of green infrastructure that’s organically constructed with nature in mind, could be an answer.  “Generally, grey infrastructure is strongest on […]
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