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Prioritizing climate and equity: Can Bibb’s new sustainability director get it done?
The road to fixing climate change runs through Northeast Ohio
The biggest culprit of climate change in Northeast Ohio may be our roads, which have expanded despite population declines. After contributing to the problem for decades by funding highway expansions, NOACA, the region’s transportation agency, is now trying to do something about it.
Planning commission approves $300M plan to redevelop east side lakefront
An ambitious plan to redevelop Cleveland’s east side lakefront with trails, beaches and a new offshore island took a critical step forward Friday morning. That’s when the Cleveland Planning Commission approved the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience plan, also known as CHEERS, which would add more than 80 acres of new parkland and better connect residents with the water.
Bold plan emerges to improve east side’s lakefront access
Since the Cleveland Metroparks took over management of the Cleveland lakefront in 2013, it has made strides at Edgewater. When can the east side expect the same treatment?
Environmental groups release policy platform calling for 2021 candidates to embrace change
Hoping to educate candidates and voters in advance of the 2021 Cleveland mayoral and council elections, a coalition of more than a dozen groups have released a platform calling for environmental equity and more grassroots participation in decision making.
