Communities
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St. Louis, Missouri
A recent push by city and religious leaders, along with new technical and scientific funding support from foundations, [...]
1585
In-Brief
Clallam County, WA
Clallam County is helping children reduce food waste in their communities, and sending oversupplies of food from farms [...]
1577
In-Brief
Columbia, MO
Midwest farmers find cover crops save them money in the form of reduced pesticide use, provide better soil for their [...]
1562
Spotlight
Jackson, MS
2°C Mississippi, a Jackson-based climate change organization, is collaborating with city leaders, community members and [...]
1544
Spotlight
North Charleston, SC
The LowCountry Alliance for Model Communities builds healthy families by addressing four cornerstone issues — economic [...]
1532
In-Brief
Portland, ME
Luke’s Lobster and other seafood suppliers are transitioning their docks and operations to renewable energy and making [...]
646
In-Brief
Washington, DC
Washington, D.C. has been boosting public transportation and investing in clean energy transportation alternatives to [...]
640
In-Brief
Phoenix, Arizona
Through a variety of heat planning initiatives, Phoenix now has a greater understanding of the impacts of heat and the [...]
635
In-Brief
Fort Hood, Texas
In just a matter of years, Fort Hood dramatically transformed its energy supply, with approximately 45% coming from [...]
624
In-Brief
Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is using marshes and wetlands to help mitigate river flooding.
620
In-Brief
California and New Jersey
One motivated scientist brought together more than 280 organizations, agencies, and groups to address climate change [...]
618
Spotlight
Yurok Territory, California
The Yurok Tribe in northern California is partnering with scientists to monitor fish health, and lobbied the government [...]
611
Spotlight
Whitefish, Montana
Locals in Whitefish, Montana enrolled in the Resilience Dialogues, a program that connects communities with experts who [...]
605
Spotlight
Savannah, Georgia
A group of scientists partnered with city planners and schools in Savannah to develop a network of sea level sensors.
599
Spotlight
New Orleans, Louisiana
Resident-led data collection on flooding hot spots is now being used for city planning purposes.
596
Spotlight
Homer and Napakiak, Alaska
Alaskan communities are consulting with scientists and engineers on how to adapt to erosion, flooding, thawing [...]
593
Spotlight
Marquette, Michigan
Local officials are working with scientists and local stakeholders to respond to climate change's impacts on public health.
587
Spotlight
Laramie, Wyoming
Biochar is a plant-based substance that can be added to soil, increasing the amount of moisture and nutrients available [...]
571
Spotlight
Herring River Estuary, Massachusetts
Many groups are collaborating to reverse degradation to coastal wetlands and halt the resulting emissions of greenhouse gases.
566
In-Brief
Cambridge, Massachusetts
When Cambridge, Massachusetts released its first climate action plan in 2002, it focused primarily on reducing [...]
523
Spotlight
Dane County, Wisconsin
With the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and saving taxpayers money, Dane County, Wisconsin has been [...]
478
In-Brief
Austin, Texas
Colby May and Jim Brown offer churches everything from energy assessments, to solar panel installation, to behavioral [...]
446
Spotlight
Sheridan County, Kansas
To prolong use of the local aquifer, a groundwater management district reduced the amount of water farmers could use to [...]
433
Spotlight
Netarts Bay, Oregon
A shellfish hatchery in Oregon is adapting to ocean acidification due to climate change by partnering with scientists to [...]