October 26, 2019 — A recent New York Times article describes a previously undisclosed agreement that has guaranteed industry representatives seats on two powerful committees that approve building codes that are widely adopted nationwide. The pact has enabled the industry group controlling the seats, the National...
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October 17, 2019 — A paper discussing the outcomes of the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge was published today in the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank's Community Development Innovation Review. The paper, entitled Drawing a New Roadmap: The Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge, was authored by Allison Brooks...
October 10, 2019 — The New York Times today published an article with detailed maps of automobile emissions in the U.S. Despite significant national progress in reducing emissions from power generation in recent years, transportation emissions have remained stubbornly high. After decreasing during the Great Recession...
October 9, 2019 — An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today reported on the Bay Conservation and Development Commission's (BCDC) unanimous vote last Thursday to amend the Bay Plan to make it easier to fill in shallow portions of the Bay. This vote is part of a larger effort occurring around the Bay Area to...
October 2, 2019 — A recent article in Fortune describes the measures that Swiss Re, the world's largest re-insurance company, are taking to adapt its business model to the realities of climate change and to divert its investments and insurance away from dirty, risky industries such as coal. For the insurance industry...