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After hurricane winds shredded the roof of Tropicana Field last month, construction of the Tampa Bay Rays’ $1.3 billion new home stadium has become a question mark.
Florida city’s $1.3B ballpark project timeline in jeopardy after hurricane
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OPINION: Cities must keep our public spaces alcohol-free to preserve health and safety, warns Daniel E. Skiles, a policy consultant for the Institute for Public Strategies, a public health organization.
Loosening alcohol laws to revitalize your city’s economy is a mistake
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As public transit agencies across the U.S. transition to zero-emission bus fleets, they will need workers trained more as technicians than traditional mechanics, the US Government Accountability Office said in a Nov. 18 report. But the agencies GAO spoke with don’t consider such training as an immediate priority due to the slow rollout of zero-emission buses, which is largely hindered by high costs and limited supplies of these advanced vehicles.
Zero-emission buses will need newly trained maintenance workers: GAO report
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Direct-pay eligible entities like local governments, public school districts, churches and hospitals will now more easily be able to jointly invest in clean energy projects, according to final regulations released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS on Tuesday.
IRS finalizes direct pay rules, increasing access to IRA’s clean energy tax credits
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The federally backed Center for Heat Resilient Communities opened applications on Wednesday for communities to receive financial and technical assistance for extreme heat planning. Applications close on Jan. 24.
Want a heat resilience ‘blueprint’ for your city? This federal research center can help.
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With Tesla planning to produce robotaxis and compete with existing ride-hail companies as soon as 2025, Uber and Lyft are adding partnerships to enter new cities with driverless vehicles.
Uber, Lyft plan robotaxi fleet expansions
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Three years into the five-year federal law, $568 billion, or 47%, of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds have been announced, per a White House fact sheet released Nov. 15. The law, however, faces an uncertain future as the Trump administration prepares to take office.
Half of IIJA funds unspent with Trump set to take office
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The 2021 infrastructure law’s historic $643 billion, five-year investment in transportation could end up adding the equivalent of 77 million more cumulative metric tonnes of carbon emissions by 2040, compared with projected baseline levels without the Biden-era program, according to an analysis by Transportation For America released Nov. 14. Corrigan Salerno, lead researcher on the report, said the "large glut of funding" led states to fulfill highway expansion projects they'd been waiting to do, ultimately leading to more motor-vehicle related CO2 emissions.
How the IIJA is funding increased transportation carbon emissions
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City leaders are preparing for a president who has cast doubt on the scientific consensus around #climatechange and threatened to rescind unspent Inflation Reduction Act dollars. Cleveland, Ohio, Mayor Justin M. Bibb, who is the chair of Climate Mayors, said that the nation's mayors "are going to double down on our commitment, passion and vigor to continue to address these issues, especially at the local level.”
‘We’ve been here before’: What Trump’s win could mean for local climate action
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