What We Read in June

We’re rounding up the best articles in sustainability, green building, development, and more every month! Check out the articles GBA staff learned from in June:

Local

Program for home repairs opens in Allegheny County | 90.5 WESA

Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation is funding a green future | NEXTpittsburgh

How Are Pittsburgh Cultural Institutions Improving Their Accessibility? | Pittsburgh Magazine

Digging up the secrets of the Frick Environmental Center | NEXTpittsburgh

Where Can You Dispose Of Your Old TVs, Tires and E-Waste in Pittsburgh? | Pittsburgh Magazine

The Allegheny Front wins statewide awards for reporting on Shell's ethane cracker, oak trees and Black urban farmers | The Allegheny Front

Pittsburgh program looks at how the arts can put a face to inequities | 90.5 WESA

EPA working with 5 Pa. farms on targeted pollution reduction to benefit Chesapeake Bay | The Allegheny Front

Tree Pittsburgh, the secret tree lab under the 62nd St. Bridge | NEXTpittsburgh

Buildings

A multipurpose arena helps revitalize a historic African American community in Georgia | Building Design + Construction

Designing arts spaces that curate inclusivity | Building Design + Construction

Climate

Curbside recycling is a surprisingly good climate investment | Anthropocene Magazine

Should we pull carbon out of the air with trees, or machines? | Grist

What is hydrogen, and can it really become a climate change solution? | The Conversation

As Plastics Keep Piling Up, Can ‘Advanced’ Recycling Cut the Waste? | Yale E360

Wildfire smoke and dirty air are also climate change problems: Solutions for a world on fire | The Conversation

Current emissions targets could keep the planet below a 2°C temperature rise but a turbocharged effort is needed | The Conversation

Groundbreaking youth-led climate trial comes to an end in Montana | The Guardian

Clean Energy 101: All Plastics Aren’t Created Equal | RMI

Biodiversity

Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and other threats to sea life | The Conversation

Bees can learn, remember, think and make decisions – here's a look at how they navigate the world | The Conversation

Are Sea Cucumbers a Cleanup Solution to Fish Farm Pollution? | Yale E360

Is there life in the sea that hasn't been discovered? | The Conversation

As Africa Loses Forest, Its Small Farmers Are Bringing Back Trees | Yale E360

Map pinpoints overlap between crops and biodiversity threats | Anthropocene Magazine

Energy

A once-shuttered California mine is trying to transform the rare-earth industry | Grist

Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn't do | The Conversation

Hot rocks could be the next big energy storage technology | Anthropocene Magazine

Justice

Does the Mississippi River have rights? | Grist

Why A Pittsburgh Institute That Cultivates Black Leaders is Going National | Pittsburgh Magazine

Colonialism has shaped scientific plant collections around the world – here's why that matters | The Conversation

Women Changemakers Are Accelerating the Energy Transition in Belize | RMI

Culture

People who move to a new home because of flooding usually stay close | NPR

Nearly 20% of the cultural differences between societies boil down to ecological factors – new research | The Conversation

Transportation

If all ride-hailing cars were EVs, would cities be greener? | Anthropocene Magazine

A planned 'charging depot' reveals what powering electric big rigs could look like | Grist

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