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The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that the push for #building energy efficiency will drive significant job growth in the coming decade, with retrofitting buildings alone estimated to create an additional 1.3 million #jobs by 2030 based on a scenario where net-zero emissions are achieved by 2050. Dialogue among policymakers, employers and labor unions will play a critical role in #training workers for skills relevant to the jobs being offered, a new IEA report says.
Skills gap looms for energy efficiency jobs tied to net-zero emission goals: IEA
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Many U.S. drivers may take their ability to turn right at a red light for granted. But at more and more intersections across the nation, that maneuver, which entails a driver fully stopping at a red light and yielding to pedestrians and other traffic before turning right, is no longer allowed. Cities across the U.S. are adopting or considering widespread bans on right-turn-on-red to address surging fatalities and serious injuries among #pedestrians and #cyclists. Despite this policy trend, questions about the efficacy of such bans remain. #rightonred #roadsafety #walkable #cities
Right-turn-on-red bans not a ‘silver bullet’ for pedestrian safety, experts say
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills changing #renter #protection practices in the state last month. A major remaining question is whether voters will approve an upcoming ballot measure to expand local governments’ authority to enact rent control.
New California laws tighten renter protections
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San Antonio is piloting an online tool to see how potential land use changes could result in benefits for carbon #sequestration, urban #cooling and residents’ access to #nature.
What’s the value of a city’s nature? San Antonio pilots tool to find out.
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A hit show on Toronto’s failed smart city project is returning to the stage in November. The award-winning play, “The Master Plan,” dramatizes the city’s fractured relationship with then-Google subsidiary Sidewalk Labs. #smartcity
A hit show on Toronto’s failed smart city project returns to the stage
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Industry consolidation and growing ridership for shared #scooters and #bikes are helping to renew optimism among #micromobility industry leaders.
Micromobility on the rebound in 2024
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Local governments are preparing to deal with high volumes of #election #waste, including yard signs, mailers and other campaign material, as the fall election season ramps up.
How cities can handle election waste
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FEMA’s recent push for states and localities to adopt more disaster-resilient building codes took center stage at a hearing held last week by federal lawmakers. #buildingcodes #resilience
FEMA’s push for resilience in building codes gets scrutiny in House hearing
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Multiple #utilities say they will need to completely rebuild, rather than repair, electric systems in the areas hardest hit by Hurricane #Helene.
1.6M customers still without power after Helene; some local grids must ‘be completely rebuilt’
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