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Environment
More Than 40 Mayors Outline Their Vision for a Green Coronavirus Recovery
Gizmodo - Yessenia Funes
On Wednesday, mayors from around the world came together to announce how a plan for a just and green recovery from the three crises their …
1 day ago
GDRC | Global Development
Transit
New Studies Measure the True Cost of Sprawl, and It's More Than You Think
treehugger.com
Two new studies demonstrate the true costs of sprawl, and attempt to show that if new development was built at higher densities and with proper …
1 day ago
GDRC | Global Development
Biological Species
15 Astounding Facts About Trees
treehugger.com
It's hard to overstate the importance of trees. Their debut more than 300 million years ago was a turning point for Earth, helping transform its …
3 days ago
GDRC | Global Development
Something other than Trump and CIVIC-19
Economics
Seven reasons why the world is improving
BBC Future - Julius Probst
4 days ago
GDRC | Global Development
Maryland
Gerald Winegrad: Coronavirus likely sprung from our abuse of the environment. Will we learn the lesson? | COMMENTARY
baltimoresun.com - Gerald Winegrad
The coronavirus pandemic has infected 11.6 million people globally causing 539,026 deaths. The U.S. leads all nations by a wide margin with 2.9 …
4 days ago