Driverless Shuttle Gets Hit By A Truck During Its Debut Ride In Las Vegas

The shuttle did what it was supposed to do, in that it’s sensors registered the truck and the shuttle stopped to avoid the accident,” the city said in a statement. “Unfortunately the delivery truck did not stop and grazed the front fender of the shuttle. Had the truck had the same sensing equipment that the shuttle has the accident would have been avoided. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/driverless-shuttle-hit-by-truck_us_5a0371bfe4b03deac08af3db?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Article courtesy of Huffington Post by Nina Golgowski

In harsh corner of Uganda, herders fight climate change

The sun is setting over Karamoja. Time for the nomadic herders to return their cattle to thorn-ringed enclosures. They've roamed since first light, searching for pasture in Uganda's poorest region where water and grazing land are scarce. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/harsh-corner-uganda-herders-fight-climate-change-51033758
Article courtesy of ABC News by Adelle Kalakouti/Associated Press

 

Globetrotter, stormchaser George Kourounis brings climate-change message to Edmonton

George Kourounis stood on the precipice of a spitting lake of fire before rappelling down into the depths of the fiery inferno.

The Darvaza Crater in Turkmenistan, known as the 'Door to Hell,' was created when a natural gas field collapsed into an underground cavern, creating a massive burning crater that has been burning for more than 40 years.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/george-kourounis-angry-planet-edmonton-1.4393168
Article courtesy of CBC New/Edmonton by Wallis Snowdon

There Will Soon Be Floods Of Climate Refugees: Will They Get Asylum?

New Zealand’s new climate change minister hopes to create an experimental humanitarian visa for “climate refugees.”  https://www.fastcompany.com/40491897/there-will-soon-be-floods-of-climate-refugees-will-they-get-asylum
Article courtesy of Fast Company by Adele Peters

Europe Calls for Cutting Car Emissions by a Third. Not Enough, Critics Say.

The proposals by the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, would force automakers to cut vehicle carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent by 2030 compared to 2021 levels, and to achieved half of the cuts by 2025.  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/business/energy-environment/eu-cars-emissions.html
Article courtesy of the New York Times by Jack Ewing

New Utah State University study suggests climate change may already be pushing plants to their limits

If you have a garden, there’s a good chance it is filled with signs of climate change, though they might not always be what you would expect.

It seems obvious that as global temperatures increase, flowers might be inclined to bloom earlier. But Will Pearse, an assistant professor in Utah State University’s Department of Biology, had a hunch that the effects of a changing climate could be more profound.  http://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2017/11/06/new-utah-state-university-study-suggests-climate-change-may-already-be-pushing-plants-to-their-limits/

Article courtesy of Salt Lake Tribune by Emma Penrod

NASA satellite tracks ozone pollution by monitoring its key ingredients

Ozone pollution near Earth's surface is one of the main ingredients of summertime smog. It is also not directly measurable from space due to the abundance of ozone higher in the atmosphere, which obscures measurements of surface ozone.  https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171106121306.htm
Article courtesy of Science Daily by Ellen Gray

A glimpse inside the secret site where driverless cars undergo 20,000 tests.

This carefully shrouded 91-acre preserve in the Central Valley is the testing ground for the driverless cars being developed by Waymo, the autonomous-car company that was a division of Google before being spun off last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/a-glimpse-inside-the-secret-site-where-driverless-cars-undergo-20000-tests/2017/11/04/874e083c-bf15-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-national%3Ahomepage%2Fcard&utm_term=.a0479302410a
Article courtesy of The Washington Post by Ashley Halsey III

The Largest Ever Tropical Reforestation Is Planting 73 Million Trees

A new project should help prevent–or at least slow down–that hot future. If all goes to plan over the next six years, a project led by Conservation International will become the largest tropical reforestation project in history.  https://www.fastcompany.com/40481305/the-largest-ever-tropical-reforestation-is-planting-73-million-trees

Article courtesy of Fast Company the John Converse Townsend

 

Protecting Norfolk from Flooding Won’t Be Cheap: Army Corps Releases Its Plan

The federal government has proposed a $1.8 billion plan to help protect Norfolk, Virginia, from rising seas and increasingly powerful coastal storms by ringing the city with a series of floodwalls, storm surge barriers and tidal gates.  https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30102017/norfolk-sea-level-rising-flood-protection-plan-army-corps-engineers-climate-change
Article courtesy of Inside Climate News by Nicholas Kusnetz

Refitting Lowell’s industrial past for a sustainable future

Lowell, Massachusetts is commonly known as the cradle of the American industrial revolution. This former mill town was once the epicenter of the textile industry and at the forefront of apparel production. The fourth-largest city in Massachusetts, located an hour outside of Boston, Lowell is proud of its manufacturing legacy, but also recognizes the need to modernize their economy. Over the last few years, the city has leveraged its textile traditions to propel cutting-edge economic development strategies, attracting an influx of small-scale businesses to Lowell’s downtown and historic Acre neighborhood.  https://smartgrowthamerica.org/communities-using-small-scale-manufacturing-build-great-places-lowell-ma/
Article courtesy of Smart Growth America by Ellie Dominquez