COVERING CLIMATE NOW
When it comes to the most energy-efficient buildings, deep pockets are still needed
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Tech companies are creating demand for green buildings in the high-end market, but the added costs mean few can follow their lead.
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Covering Climate Now is a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. PublicSource put its entire team on a mission to cover climate change from the Pittsburgh point of view. What are our region's leaders saying and doing? What can you as an individual do to reduce your carbon footprint? And what does Pittsburgh's future look like with the effects of climate change realized? For answers, explore the stories, videos, data and quiz below. If you have questions or ideas, email them to halle@publicsource.org.
Tech companies are creating demand for green buildings in the high-end market, but the added costs mean few can follow their lead.
As part of the Covering Climate Now global reporting initiative, we asked you, our PublicSource readers, to tell us what you wanted to know about climate change in Pittsburgh. We selected six of your questions and answered them for you below.
While the city is preparing for a growing population, it’s still up for debate whether climate migrants will even want — or be able — to come to Pittsburgh.
This is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Read PublicSource's stories here. On Aug. 14, 2019, U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle hosted a climate change forum at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum. About 200 people attended to discuss how climate change stands to affect the Pittsburgh region and what can be done to avoid the most severe effects.
Test your knowledge and learn about climate change issues in Pittsburgh.
This is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Read PublicSource's stories here.
While the city is taking the lead at reducing greenhouse gases from its own buildings and vehicles, it hasn’t yet kicked off one of its most important strategies: pressuring the biggest buildings in the city to stop using so much energy. And there isn’t a plan yet for how to reduce the next biggest source of emissions: energy use in people’s homes.
“Where were you when you first heard about [insert tragic event]?”
We all have our stories and memories for the biggest crises of our time. Usually, it’s a specific moment seared into our minds. I’m sure many of you were recalling one recently on the 18th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. I know I was: I was in a high school French class, gasps and wide eyes around me as the announcement came over the speaker.
U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, who led Wednesday's event, called out President Donald Trump for framing climate change as a 'hoax.'
The City of Pittsburgh’s Climate Action Plan outlines the most ambitious goals yet to combat climate change. But will the city and its residents rise to the challenge? And what would it take? This project explores how climate change is and will be changing Pittsburgh.