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02/27/2024

YOU’RE INVITED! Join Ten Across and the Clean Cooling Collaborative, a philanthropic program of Climateworks Foundation, on March 19th to celebrate and award the 10X Prize: Clean Cooling Student Competition during a hybrid event that spans the southern tier of the country. Join the party in person or via Zoom at 10:00 a.m. AZ MST. RSVP Link in bio.

02/15/2024

We need your vote! Help determine which clean cooling solution wins the Ten Across Clean Cooling Student Competition $10K People's Choice Award! Visit our online solutions gallery to watch short videos of each team's solution and then cast your vote. View the gallery and vote here: https://tenxprize.secure-platform.com/site/gallery?roundId=82001

ABOUT THE COMPETITION
ASU's Ten Across initiative and the ClimateWorks Foundation's Clean Cooling Collaborative, have come together to sponsor the 10X Prize Clean Cooling Student Competition. This competition is designed to inspire college level student teams to develop innovative and scalable clean cooling solutions to help address the impacts of extreme heat in heat disadvantaged communities.

01/03/2024

The U.S. Department of Justice has threatened to sue to stop a new Texas law that allows state police to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the border — unless Gov. Greg Abbott backs off of enforcing the law.

The state has until Wednesday to say it won’t arrest people accused of unauthorized entry from Mexico. If not, the Biden administration will sue, saying immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility.

01/03/2024

Although recent storms have thrashed the California coastline and boosted reservoir levels, the downpours have so far failed to deposit significant snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, which experts say is in the grips of a severe, early-season “snow drought.” Via Los Angeles Times

Low precipitation and warm temperatures are hampering snow accumulation in the Sierra Nevada and western United States, experts say.

12/22/2023

"Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts. Now cities along the river are turning to each other for solutions."

Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts. Now cities along the river are turning to each other for solutions.

12/22/2023

Seasons greetings and wishes for a very happy and productive 2024!

12/22/2023

Join Ten Across Founder and Executive Director Duke Reiter as he shares insights from the recent Ten Across summit, reviews salient points made in some of the most popular 2023 podcast episodes, and hints at what to come in 2024.

Join Ten Across Founder and Executive Director Duke Reiter as he reviews some of your favorite episodes of 2023, the Los Angeles Summit, and insight into what is to come in 2024.

12/21/2023

In his recent Los Angeles Times article Ian James takes a closer look at California's soon-to-be-adopted regulations that will allow for sewage to be extensively treated, transformed into pure drinking water and delivered directly to people’s taps.

California is set to approve regulations for transforming wastewater into pure drinking water. Experts say the highly treated water isn’t 'toilet-to-tap.'

12/21/2023

The Ten Across region presents disproportionally higher climate change challenges for Black Americans. This article takes a look at these challenges and how the desire for a better quality of life is pushing Black people toward the epicenter of climate disasters and racism.

The desire for a better quality of life is pushing Black people toward the epicenter of climate disasters and racism.

12/04/2023

Our is a declarative statement of intent, reflecting who we are and the investments we are prepared to make to achieve various ends, for better and for worse. Given an opportunity for close observation—as the recent closure in Los Angeles allowed—Interstate 10 can tell us much about ourselves and what we value.

In this recent Zocalo Public Square article, Ten Across Executive Director Wellington Reiter, FAIA reflects on what the recent U.S. Interstate 10 shutdown in LA revealed and how it reminds us of how we need to rethink our transportation, and ourselves

Its Recent Closure Reminds Us of How We Need to Rethink Our Transportation, and Ourselves.

12/04/2023

Our Ten Across Los Angeles Summit starts tomorrow! Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear from experts and thought leaders about some of the most pressing issues impacting the country today. Come to learn, share expertise, and network, and leave with new connections and solutions for making transformative change. Join us! There's still time to register. Register today at: https://10across.com/events/la2023/