Why the Luster on Once-Vaunted ‘Smart Cities’ Is Fading
Jan 10, 2022, 5:00 am By Vernon Loeb
“Smart cities” built from scratch have so far failed to live up to their much-hyped promise.…Video: Aerial Detectives Dive Deep Into North Carolina’s Hog and Poultry Waste Problem
Jan 9, 2022, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
As concentrated animal feeding operations spread, airborne surveillance missions aim to protect…Warming Trends: Climate Threats to Bears, Bugs and Bees, Plus a Giant Kite and an ER Surge
Jan 8, 2022, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other…Colorado’s Suburban Firestorm Shows the Threat of Climate-Driven Wildfires is Moving Into Unusual Seasons and Landscapes
Jan 7, 2022, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
Backyard fences, decks and landscaping helped spread the flames through suburban neighborhoods and…Inside Clean Energy: In the Year of the Electric Truck, Some Real Talk from Texas Auto Dealers
Jan 6, 2022, 9:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
The Ford F-150 Lightning is part of a wave of electric trucks coming in 2022. By Dan Gearino The…As the Biden Administration Eyes Wind Leases Off California’s Coast, the Port of Humboldt Sees Opportunity
Jan 5, 2022, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
The administration wants to sell its first lease in 2022, and a new bill in California requires a…Is a State Program to Foster Sustainable Farming Leaving Out Small-Scale Growers and Farmers of Color?
Jan 4, 2022, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
Small farm advocates say the state’s Healthy Soils Program is pitched toward Big Ag and makes it…An Energy Transition Needs Lots of Power Lines. This 1970s Minnesota Farmers’ Uprising Tried to Block One. What Can it Teach Us?
Jan 3, 2022, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
As the country moves toward a massive build-out of transmission lines, a decades-old rebellion…An African American Community in Florida Blocked Two Proposed Solar Farms. Then the Florida Legislature Stepped In.
Jan 2, 2022, 5:00 am By Vernon Loeb
Residents in Archer fought the facilities and won two votes by the Alachua County commissioners. But…Five Climate Moves by the Biden Administration You May Have Missed
Jan 1, 2022, 5:00 am By Vernon Loeb
Although the Build Back Better package is in limbo, the president is incorporating climate action…In San Francisco’s Most Polluted Neighborhood, the Polluters Operate Without Proper Permits, Reports Say
Dec 31, 2021, 5:00 am By Vernon Loeb
Some concrete plants and sand facilities in Bayview-Hunters Point have had only draft permits for…Toyota to Spend $35 Billion on Electric Push in an Effort to Take on Tesla
Dec 30, 2021, 5:00 am By Vernon Loeb
The auto giant’s investment target trails VW’s $58.5 billion pledge. But one analyst said Toyota…After the Wars in Iraq, ‘Everything Living is Dying’
Dec 29, 2021, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
Decades of war, poverty and fossil fuel extraction have devastated the country’s environment and…A Dream of a Fossil Fuel-Free Neighborhood Meets the Constraints of the Building Industry
Dec 28, 2021, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
The 282 homes of the Geos Neighborhood in Arvada, Colorado, were supposed to be all-electric and…The Year in Climate Photos
Dec 27, 2021, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
From the president’s desk to protests and disasters around the world, photos showed climate change…‘We’re Being Wrapped in Poison’: A Century of Oil and Gas Development Has Devastated the Ponca City Region of Northern Oklahoma
Dec 26, 2021, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
From abandoned wells to refineries, hydraulic fracturing and man-made earthquakes, the destruction…World Talks on a Treaty to Control Plastic Pollution Are Set for Nairobi in February. How To Do So Is Still Up in the Air
Dec 25, 2021, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
Environmentalists want national limits on plastic waste, producer responsibility and caps on…In Deep Adaptation’s Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action
Dec 24, 2021, 5:00 am By Vernon Loeb
British academic Jem Bendell’s galvanizing paper is a “Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy.”…Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 5 States that Took Leaps on Clean Energy Policy in 2021
Dec 23, 2021, 9:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
While federal policy fell short of expectations, many states had high ambitions and delivered…The Essential Advocate, Philippe Sands Makes the Case for a New International Crime Called Ecocide
Dec 22, 2021, 5:00 am By Katelyn Weisbrod
The British lawyer and author has held Nazis and presidents accountable for crossing the moral red…
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