Powerful storms across the South, following flash floods in Dallas, Death Valley, St. Louis, Yellowstone, and Appalachia, have left cities across the U.S. questioning their own security in a warming climate. Dallas was hit with nearly 15 inches of rain that turned roads into rivers and poured into homes on August 21 and ... read more

It’s been a difficult balance to strike: protecting communities and healthcare workers from COVID-19 with personal protection equipment (PPE) like face masks, rubber gloves, and isolation gowns—while preventing a waste crisis from the abundance of single-use plastic. The world has been using 129 billion masks and 65 billion gloves every ... read more

As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa’s Sahel region, will likely face dangerously hot conditions almost daily by the end of the century—even as the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions, a new study shows. The mid-latitudes, including the U.S., will also face ... read more

In 1975, Danish physicist Bent Sørensen published a paper examining the possibility that his country could run on 100 percent renewable energy. Appearing in the journal Science, it could have been an important moment for beginning to look seriously at transforming the way the world produces energy. Instead, crickets. “It ... read more

Yesterday, California took a historic step that will help the state reduce its carbon emissions while fighting climate change, and may even help in reducing respiratory diseases. America’s most populous state has passed a resolution that will ban the sales of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035. As CNBC reports, the ... read more

In China, a searing heat wave has lasted for more than two months, and the power grid is straining as people crank up their air-conditioning. The country is one of the places where AC use has been growing the fastest, with a five-fold jump between 2000 and 2017. But as ... read more

Welcome to the 2020s, where there’s plenty of content to doomscroll through because the world is literally on fire, from America’s West Coast to volcanic eruptions in Japan to landslides in India. According to research firm Ipsos, which surveyed 10,000 people in 15 different countries, the environment has replaced COVID-19 ... read more

Shareholders are pressuring some of the largest American corporations to account for political spending that may be aiding voter suppression or election interference. Since the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, shareholders at companies including AT&T, Cigna, and Home Depot have put forth resolutions demanding they explain how donations to ... read more

By Aisling Pigott, Jennifer Scheib, and Kyri Baker Hot summer days can mean high electricity bills. People want to stay comfortable without wasting energy and money. Maybe your household has fought over the best strategy for cooling your space. Which is more efficient: running the air-conditioning all summer long without ... read more

The environmental community scored a much-needed win recently in the Inflation Reduction Act, which just became law this month. And, taken in context, much of that fanfare is warranted given that the U.S. Congress was at a standstill earlier this year was close to doing nothing on climate change this ... read more

Thousands of companies have established net zero goals, and many use carbon offsets—for example, paying to protect forests—to bolster their claims about reducing emissions. Shell, for example, spent $26 million on things like tree-planting projects last year, and plans to use nature to “mitigate” 120 million metric tons of CO2 that ... read more

The new Inflation Reduction Act is stuffed with subsidies for everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps, and incentives for just about every form of clean energy. But pouring money into technology is just one step toward solving the problem of climate change. Wind and solar farms won’t be built ... read more

Across major races for the upcoming midterm elections, Republican voters have put forward nominees who openly embrace election conspiracies. Doug Mastriano, the GOP nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, said that if he’s in power, he’d have the ability to decertify any election result “with the stroke of a pen.” Kari ... read more

Global sales of electric vehicles (EV) are projected to reach 40 million by the end of 2030. Coupled with The White House’s target that 50% of new U.S. car sales must be zero emission by the end of the decade, the industry needs to rapidly scale to achieve these milestones. ... read more

If you walk to the edge of Lake Mead, on the border between Nevada and Arizona, you can stand on a rocky shore that used to be more than 100 feet below water. After 23 years of drought and increasing demand for water, the lake keeps shrinking. Satellite photos show ... read more