carey l biron

Washington-based writer and editor reporting on land, property and cities for the Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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#AI scanning systems are tripling #recycling rates, marking a potentially major change for #cities after years of stagnation. https://t.co/Fg2a6POv7b

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After e-commerce warehouses proliferated during the pandemic, locals realized their hands were tied. Now communities are tapping an esoteric legal approach -- and continuing #environmentaljustice work under attack by the federal government. #Pollution https://t.co/H9o3UyNkN9

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Amid the US #immigration crackdown, residents and lawmakers are helping street vendors. They're passing laws, pushing for implementation of existing protections, even "buying out" vendors to help get them off streets. #CitiesForAll https://t.co/VJRbtU5nMA

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Trump wants to scrap the official view that #climate change is bad for our health, a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to slow emissions. #ClimateAction #COP30 https://t.co/TmEMBhmy8y

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As the Trump administration changes federal websites on #climatechange, nonprofits rebuild the data beyond the government’s reach. #ClimateScience https://t.co/0FPmh4xaui

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#Energy affordability, voter concern at federal policy changes and local mandates are boosting efforts to continue #climate momentum in #cities. #EnergyTransition #COP30 https://t.co/viKk5LFfnw

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"We're proving that, at a time of stress on the government taking action to address climate, cities can grow, we can prosper, but cut emissions at the same time." #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #cities #COP30 https://t.co/6CWzyYDL7y

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Even amid federal policy changes, continued action by #cities could help the US meet more than two-thirds of its #climate goal https://t.co/LJfdcG58mX

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"There's nothing FEMA has that isn't already here and that people can't already give to each other. Our job is to ... integrate that into a #MutualAid effort." #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateAction #ResilienceIsKey /#cities https://t.co/RP8gy2dph3

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As federal help fades, US states use their own laws to fight cumulative impact of #pollution on poor and minority areas. #EnvironmentalPolicy #Equity #cities https://t.co/HhfLR22Io7

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President Trump's national #AI strategy seeks to undermine local opposition to data center development https://t.co/11nHF9Ma8m #datacenterinfrastructures

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"Our goal here is to build lots of small organic farms that are just for the people who are within about 10 miles of the farms." #FoodSecurity #UrbanFarming #verticalfarming #cities https://t.co/b3sHmbP12X

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Hawaii's landmark #climate impact fee aims boost #conservation, offering a model as Trump cuts climate and environmental spending. #conservationmatters https://t.co/dQ5XvqDiRA

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"We're afraid it'll be a domino effect, that they're going to go from #coal plant to coal plant and possibly wipe away their retirement dates." #EnergyTransition https://t.co/ltbK1l2e1C

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“Every day he leaves for work is a day we wait in hopes we don’t hear the same phone call – despair, anxiety, worried that he won’t pass out on the job again.” #heatwave #Heat #LaborRights #cities4health https://t.co/ho37y8nOEa

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"These companies seem to have lost their way with regard to #climate strategies. The narrative has changed from 'we’re fixed on the target' to 'we're really not sure, but we’ll get there somehow.'" #bigtech #datacenters #energy #AI https://t.co/JtMtoqkktI

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The law has been a "big aspect of challenging fossil fuel infrastructure projects," and pending cases are already being affected. #environment #ClimateResilience https://t.co/U9uwKd5EGn

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Some warn the #housing crisis could be used as cover for a “massive public lands sell-off." #affordablehousingfacts #cities https://t.co/F9bynWtqCK

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"This isn't just cutting #LIHEAP. You're cutting the financial infrastructure of low-income families." #energy #equity https://t.co/IrQ7qmWpl2

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"Every state now has a digital equity plan, which is amazing. Now that's all a waste – the implementation funds are what got stopped." #DigitalAccesibility #equity https://t.co/zVhiJdLGQI