Seattle's struggle to prosper and keep its soul

Seattle's pioneering initiatives target severe inequality left in the wake of tech-driven growth. They could become a model for other thriving cities.  http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2016/1226/Seattle-s-struggle-to-prosper-and-keep-its-soul?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%2520Newsletter%2520%2812-26-2016%29&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161226_Newsletter:%20Daily&utm_term=Daily
Article courtesy of The Christian Science Monitor by Chelsea Sheasley

Driverless electric cars could 'cut air pollution to almost zero and make car parks obsolete within 10 years.'

Self-driving electric cars could make car parks obsolete within the next 10 years and reduce air pollution to almost zero in Scotland's cities, an expert has predicted.  http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/driverless-electric-cars-air-pollution-almost-zero-car-parks-obsolete-within-10-years-a7496596.html
Article courtesy of Independent by Lynsey Bews

Electric car sales pass half a million in US.

More than 500,000 electric cars have been sold in the United States, according to a report from an electric vehicle charger operator.
The sale of more than 130,000 plug-in hybrid or battery-powered electric vehicles between November 2015 and November 2016 pushed the total number of electric cars sold in the U.S. to 542,000.  http://www.newsweek.com/electric-car-sales-pass-half-million-us-536331
Article courtesy of Newsweek by Anthony Cuthbertson

5 under-reported climate change stories of 2016

This is the time of year when some people talk about the news stories that didn't receive the attention they merited over the past year.
But with the threat of runaway climate change greater than ever before and a denier elected to the U.S. presidency, it seems appropriate to narrow the field to this area alone in 2016.  http://www.straight.com/news/848471/5-under-reported-climate-change-stories-2016
Article courtesy of The Georgia Straight News by Charlie Smith

d to the U.S. presidency, it seems appropriate to narrow the field to this area alone in 2016.

Will a Tesla rival win the race to offer self-driving cars?

December 18, 2016 —An upstart electric carmaker plans to release by late 2018 a luxury sedan capable of reaching 400 miles on a single charge and driving itself.  http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2016/1218/Will-a-Tesla-rival-win-the-race-to-offer-self-driving-cars?cmpid=ema:nws:Daily%2520Newsletter%2520%2812-19-2016%29&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161219_Newsletter:%20Daily&utm_term=Daily
Article courtesy of the CSM by Ben Rosen

The Greater New York City Region Must Plan for "Permanent Flooding

The Greater New York City region has done good work in the years since Superstorm Sandy to consider storm-related flooding, but a new report by the Regional Plan Association found that the more pernicious threat of sea-level rise needs more attention.  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-greater-new-york-city-region-must-plan-for-permanent-flooding/
Article courtesy of Scientific American /Climate Wire by Erika Bolstad

Climate Change Will Bring Wetter Storms in U.S., Study Says

Decades of research (and perhaps your own recent experiences on hot, humid days) have suggested that climate change will lead to an increase in big storms that cause flash floods, landslides and other natural disasters. Now, a new study shows that such intense precipitation will most likely increase across the continental United States, but with important regional variations.  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/science/global-warming-extreme-storms.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=sectionfront
Article courtesy of the New York Times by TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

The Robot Revolution Will Be the Quietest One

In 2016, self-driving cars made inroads in several countries, many of which rewrote their laws to accommodate the new technology. As a science-fiction writer, it’s my duty to warn the human race that the robot revolution has begun — even if no one has noticed yet.  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/opinion/the-robot-revolution-will-be-the-quietest-one.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront
Article courtesy of the New York Times by Liu Cixin

Mapping Three Decades of Global Water Change

Scientists with the European Commission’s Joint Research Center in Ispra, Italy, working with Google engineers, have used millions of satellite images to illustrate how rivers, lakes and other bodies of water have changed over three decades.  http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/09/science/mapping-three-decades-of-global-water-change.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0
Article courtesy of The New York Times by Derek Watkins and Henry Fountain