This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the absence of federal action on climate change in the United States, local communities have taken on the responsibility of reducing their greenhouse emissions. In Utah, 23 cities and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With global travel curtailed during the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are finding comfort in planning future trips. But imagine that you finally arrive in Venice and the “floating city” is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in Colombia, Moriel Arango spent nearly every weekend on his father’s sustainable farm, about an hour from their home in the city of Cali. There, in the rural,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the fundamental drivers of the environmental justice movement is that low-income communities and communities of color are often at the forefront of environmental harm, since they are more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recently published report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) looks at the impact of a net-zero economy in Latin America and the Caribbean…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a transportation advocate, it’s weird to work from home. At the beginning of this year, I would hop on the 5 Fulton bus or ride my bike down car-free Market…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. San José is rolling out the green carpet for biking, thanks to the city council’s unanimous passage of the Better Bike Plan 2025. With the plan’s adoption, the city commits to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sixty-two percent of women in the green building industry report the pandemic has negatively affected their workplace equity, according to a recent U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) survey of 500 women. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To tackle climate change, scientists say that we need to hit net zero emissions by 2050. To make those policies more clear, Energy Innovation has debuted a new analysis that calculates exactly which…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed flawed systems that have failed marginalised communities living in the Global South for decades. These groups now face myriad crises all at once, from job…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To address climate change over the coming decades, all nations will need to transition to energy resources that emit less carbon. This transformation, already underway, will require many new technologies.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Chinese scientists have found a way to harness wind power when there is no wind, just a gentle breeze: one way in which human ingenuity helps the climate crisis towards a…