Resilience

FEMA rolls out climate adaptation loans for small and overlooked communities

The federal disaster relief agency has taken heat for steering past resilience funds to whiter, wealthier areas.

  • By Jake Bittle, Grist

Virginia is bailing on a carbon cap-and-invest program. Activists say that might be illegal.

If the state ditches the program, millions of dollars in climate resilience funding could be lost.

  • By Katie Myers, Grist

Risk management through resilient technology

Resilient technology creates a more stable IT environment that saves money, increases cybersecurity and requires fewer resources to support it, a new report says.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz

Data sharing initiatives slowly gaining traction

The majority of agencies still don’t share data, partly due to a lack of clarity on how to use all the information they collect, a new report finds.

  • By Chris Teale

California looks to reshape recycling IT

CalRecycle is planning an enterprisewide system that can track, regulate and monitor recyclables.

  • By Susan Miller

Cold-War missile defense site heats up state’s data center economy, onsite gardens

After sitting unused for decades, the 300,000-square-foot, mostly underground building will be converted to a secure data center whose excess C02 and heat will support an indoor greenhouse.

  • By Stephanie Kanowitz