PlaNYC: Green Building Laws and Regulations

PlaNYC aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in New York City by 30 percent over a 25-year span.

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George Washington University, greenhouse gas, emissions, Infrastructure, GW Campus Challenge, Greener Greater Buildings

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A portion of Rochester's Inner Loop taken from a driver's view. An upcoming bridge displays two different exit signs. No cars are on the expressway, except one in front of the camera.

The construction of Rochester, New York's Inner Loop not only damaged communities, but it also decreased pedestrian biking traffic, contributing to a car-centric infrastructure. As seen in this image, traffic volumes on the Inner Loop were never particularly high, which is one of the factors that led to its removal. (Doug Kerr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Jenna Magioncalda

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Thermal cooker helps reduce indoor air pollution, use of wood as fuel

A woman in a pink wrap and head covering looks at a brightly colored, round fabric-covered thermal cooker, with a lidded pot nestled inside. A woman on the right, with long black hair, reaches toward the pot.

Aisata Ibamie, right, a young renewable energy engineer and innovative clean energy activist from Cameroon, demonstrates how her ASAAB Thermal Cooker is used. (Photo courtesy Aisata Ibamie)

Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow

Studies debunk ‘nature is healing’ narrative from 2020 lockdowns

Two red foxes in a parking lot in between a car and a moterbike

Foxes in a Finland city (Rural Explorer/Unsplash)

Jansen Baier

George Washington University

After COP Conversations: Tik Root

Two men in suits talk to one another in front a blue wall with green and white United nation Climate Change graphics.

"Prime Minister Boris Johnson and António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations at COP26 World Leaders Summit" (Karwai Tang/UK Government via Flickr)

Helen Bradshaw

Planet Forward Correspondent | Northwestern University

COP26 in Context: Wrapping up COP26 and coming to an agreement

A colorful sky warms up the landscape view of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China

A view of the Forbidden City from Jingshan Park in Beijing. (Daniel Mathis/Creative Commons 3.0)

Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

COP26 in Context: From reducing methane emissions to packaging

Food scraps are turned into methane and other gases that are captured and turned into fuel in UC Davis' Renewable Energy Anaerobic Biodigester. (KQED Quest/Flickr/Creative Commons 2.0)

Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

COP26 in Context

Planet Forward Staff

Planet Forward

COP26 in Context: From Net Zero to ecofeminism

(Sam Manns/Unsplash)

Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Environmental engineering duo explore natural solution to flooding south of Chicago

A woman in neutral clothing, a backpack and a baseball cap stands in a green field and looks across frame.

Jen Jenkins surveys the terrain of Sundrop Prairie (Sarah Anderson/MEDILL).

Sarah Anderson

Medill News Service, Northwestern University

Daylighting: A case study of Baltimore's Jones Falls River

When people walk down the street, rarely do they ponder the subsurface infrastructure beneath their feet — including hidden waterways. (Yeshi Kangrang/Unsplash)

Allison Klei

Franklin & Marshall College