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The new Overall Work Program includes mention of climate action planning and a climate pollution reduction program. The executive committee voted 4-1 in favor.

Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb are questioning NOACA's procedural process after the agency's lawyer called for committee meetings to rehash discussion on the use of climate language in its Overall Work Plan, a matter the board already voted on after rigorous debate at its March 10 meeting.

The agency's Board of Directors meeting Friday sparked debate over the removal of the phrase "Climate Action Plan" and the implications it might carry.

The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency will continue holding workshops to develop its Climate Action Plan, inviting community members to give their feedback, regardless of disruptions at last week's meetings.

The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency held hybrid listening sessions across Northeast Ohio Tuesday to get feedback on its Climate Action Plan. Some attendees pushed back on the agency's research and questioned the need for climate action.

The $10.7 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant would help Cleveland remake the street, adding a multi-purpose trail, a 6-foot-wide sidewalk, pedestrian crossings, benches, new trees and parking for bicycles and scooters.

NOACA passed a new policy that will utilize enhanced data analysis to better assess highway interchange proposals.

The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency is beginning work on a long-range plan to improve transportation and regional connectivity.The plan aims…

Experts say local governments and entrepreneurs still have to answer many questions about proposed Hyperloops that promise to whiz passengers hundreds of miles in a matter of minutes though vacuum tubes. The foremost of those questions: Will Hyperloop actually work? “There’s a big difference between theory and reality,” said Harvey Miller, the director of the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at Ohio State University. “Even if it works on a test track in Nevada, will it scale to inter-city distances?”

Here are your morning headlines for Wednesday, Nov. 20:Air quality alert issued for NE Ohio;Ohio opioid trial scheduled for next year;Akron man sentenced…