Amazon Is Getting Cities and States to Rob Their Own Citizens

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Sep 24, 2018 If you live in Indianapolis, Austin, Chicago, Atlanta or 16 other lucky cities, congratulations! You’re a finalist in the “Throw-Your-Money-At-Amazon” Sweepstakes! Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The World’s Great Cities Hold the Key to Fossil Fuel Cuts

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 6, 2018 The great urban centers, hotspots of global wealth creation, are major emitters of greenhouse gases. Civic leaders could be among those best placed to save the planet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What You Have to Earn to Buy a Home in Biggest U.S. Cities

Steve Rosenfeld / AlterNet Nov 21, 2017 Most Americans cannot afford to live in progressive coastal epicenters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

City Trees Boost Health and Wealth

By Tim Radford Aug 30, 2017 Urban canopy delivers significant economic and lifestyle benefits and is a boon to the global environment too, scientists find. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mayors to Trump: Immigration Orders Meddle With Cities

By Adriana Gomez Licon and Marcos Martinez / Associated Press Jun 26, 2017 Toughening of immigration enforcement actually creates problems, they say. (Pictured, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Many City Dwellers Face a Hotter Future Than Their Suburban and Rural Peers

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 7, 2017 The urban heat island effect can double city temperature increases. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cities, Cars and Other Human-Made Things Weigh 30 Trillion Metric Tons

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Dec 14, 2016 The first attempt to measure the volume of stuff created by humankind reveals that it is at least 100,000 times heavier than the global human population. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Boom in Urban Population Will Make Climate Change Worse

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Oct 27, 2016 A new Atlas of the Human Planet shows how the world’s growing urban population compounds the destruction caused by global warming and puts the poorest at greatest risk. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Means Cities Face Flash Flood Hazards

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network May 16, 2016 Scientists in Australia warn that global warming will lead to more intense and concentrated summer storms seriously testing city drainage systems already struggling to cope. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Paris to Ban Cars for a Day

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 31, 2015 In an attempt to encourage more sustainable transport and raise awareness of high levels of pollution that the city suffers from, the French capital will go car-free Sept. 27. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dutch City to Experiment With Universal Basic Income

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 26, 2015 The city of Utrecht in the Netherlands is considering introducing a universal basic income -- an income unconditionally granted to all its residents on an individual basis, without a means test or work requirement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Cities’ Twin Heat Problems May Get Relief

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Feb 16, 2014 Climate change aside, cities tend to be warmer than the surrounding countryside. Now researchers in the U.S. have found ways that may lessen the effects of both problems. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )