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A birds eye view of lines of solar panels in a grass field — community solar

The Mutual Benefits of Community Solar on Brownfields

By Tina Casey

A hand scoops soybeans out of a container in a farm field during a soybean harvest.

How U.S. Soybean Farmers Are Making Their Fields More Sustainable

By Ruscena Wiederholt

electric vehicle with charger plugged in - electric vehicles

Consumer Education Can Help Keep the Electric Vehicle Momentum Going

By Tina Casey

Pvilion remote solar

From Sustainability to Sustainment: New Language for a New Era

By Tina Casey

Jeans in a trash bag — repurposed denim

Coach Gives Secondhand Denim a Second Life With Bank & Vogue

By Nicole Froio

A group of people put together a square-shaped jelly-FAD — fish aggregating devices

These Common Fishing Devices Cause Major Problems, But Researchers Are Working to Make Them Better

By Ruscena Wiederholt

solar farm

The Rise of Climate Intuition: Financial Professionals Weigh the Cost of Risks Ahead

By Tina Casey

Air conditioning units on a wall — refrigerant emissions

As Global Efforts to Reduce Refrigerant Emissions Gain Momentum, This Software Helps Companies Track Their Use

By Gary E. Frank

US Environmental Protection Agency headquarters with hazard cones outside — the future of climate programs under the federal funding freeze

Beyond Federal Funding, What's Next for U.S. Climate Investments?

By Mary Mazzoni

Electrified Thermal Solutions' electrically-conductive firebrick — thermal energy

Thermal Energy Storage is the Next Big Step in Global Decarbonization

By Tina Casey

Raquel Garcia, executive director for Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision — air quality

Neighbors Come Together to Tackle Air Pollution and Climate Action in Detroit

By Riya Anne Polcastro

A green sign designating London's Ultra Low Emission Zone — net-zero ciites

Net-Zero Cities: Local Approaches to a Global Problem

By Taylor Haelterman

The Ozas shopping mall in Vilnius, Lithuania — AI

Exergio Gives Shopping Malls Energy-Efficient Makeovers With AI

By Gary E. Frank

The new chat screen on the DeepSeek phone app.

DeepSeek and the Data Center Energy Crisis That Wasn’t

By Tina Casey

A mangrove forest along a coast in Thailand photographed from above — mangrove conservation

Scientists Hope Mapping Mangroves' DNA Will Save Them From Extinction

By Nicole Froio

Three cans of wine from Sipwell Wine Co. sit on a table alongside glasses of the wine — sustainable wine

Is Wine’s Future in a Can?

By Ruscena Wiederholt

A smoke stack — direct air capture

Startups Are Scaling the Direct Air Capture Industry

By Gary E. Frank

green hydrogen electrolyzer from Sunfire

The Global Energy Transition is Just Getting Started

By Tina Casey

Solar panels in a field of purple flowers — ecovoltaics

Growing the Business of Ecovoltaics: New Opportunities on Federal Land

By Tina Casey

A woman farmer harvests coffee in the forest — climate adaptation

Locally-Led Nature Conservation Works, So Why Aren't We Listening?

By Riya Anne Polcastro

A yellow bus that's a part of the Jamaica Urban Transit Company fleet — CNG buses

Jamaica's CNG Buses: A Bridge to a Greener Future

By Gladstone H. Taylor

An African forest elephant mother stands over a calf — elephant conservation

IBM and WWF Collaborate to Save Elephants with Artificial Intelligence

By Abha Malpani Naismith

A climate activist holding a sign that reads, "You decide" — climate philanthropists

How Philanthropists Can Help Keep the Climate Movement on Track

By Amy Brown

A solar energy farm

The Largest Commercial and Industrial Solar Project in Arkansas History is Underway

By Rasha Rehman

A wind turbine in front of a cloudy sky — data center

The Data Center Energy Demand Crisis: New Opportunities for Innovators

By Tina Casey

An Aldi store — HFCs

How Aldi is Tackling Extremely Potent Greenhouse Gases

By Gary E. Frank

California Geysers geothermal energy

From Community Solar to Community Geothermal, New Opportunities for Corporate Social Responsibility

By Tina Casey

plastic pollution on a beach

The Innovations That Can Help the World Curb Plastic Waste

By Martin H Wolf

Floating Solar Energy in the Philippines

10 Renewable Energy Projects Coming Online in 2025

By Mary Mazzoni

State and national leaders stand together near a hydrogen fuel station in Oakland, California — clean hydrogen

What Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Reveal About U.S. Climate Action

By Tina Casey

A red and white barn surrounded by a planted field — regenerative agriculture

Building Measurable Metrics for Regenerative Farming

By Mary Riddle

Researchers hold eDNA samples and take notes on a clipboard along along Australia's Ningaloo Coast.

Blueprints of Biodiversity: Harnessing eDNA to Protect the Oceans

By Ruscena Wiederholt

An aerial view of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River — water scarcity

This Coalition is Providing Better Data for Water Security Solutions

By Mary Riddle

A hand-painted Corolla Light Resort sign on the plant-covered sand dunes between the resort and the Atlantic Ocean.

This Outer Banks Resort Centered the Environment From the Start, and It Paid Off

By Taylor Haelterman

A buffalo herd grazing — Blackfeet Nation

The Blackfeet Nation is Preserving Land with Return of Free-Roaming Buffalo

By Nicole Froio

Three kayakers paddle clear kayaks alongside mangroves in the Tampa Bay — mangrove planting

Planting with a Purpose: How Tree Planting Programs Can Support Green Infrastructure

By Tina Casey

Tailings ponds — zero waste mining

Zero Waste Mining: Creating Opportunities From a Billion-Ton Problem

By Andrew Kaminsky

A green Rivian R1 pulling a Billion Oyster Project boat — The Good Project

Bringing One Billion Oysters Back to New York Harbor Just Got Easier

By Riya Anne Polcastro

A plastic bag floating underwater near a school of fish — plastic pollution treaty

Why the Plastic Treaty Talks Failed and One Potential Solution

By Carl Nettleton

The Caracol Falls in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, surrounded by forest — nature-related disclosures

As More Companies Disclose Their Impact on Nature, Transparency Can Drive Progress

By Amy Brown

A fishing pole cast into the water at sunset — sustainable fishing

From Ocean to Table: Alaska Offers a Model for Sustainable Fishing

By Ruscena Wiederholt

Homes and rental units line a beach in the Outer Banks — destination management

Slowly but Surely, the Outer Banks is Changing the Way It Looks at Tourism

By Taylor Haelterman

An aerial view of two tractors harvesting a field — cover crops

Digging Deeper: How Cover Crops Enhance Soil Health

By Ruscena Wiederholt

Airplane flying in the sky above two buildings — sustainable aviation fuels copy

Sustainable Aviation Fuel and the E-Kerosene Solution

By Tina Casey

man charging an electric vehicle — EVs and the power grid

On Grid Resiliency, Electric Vehicles Can Give as Well as They Get

By Tina Casey

Plastic Pollution in the environment

The Final Plastic Pollution Treaty Negotiations Are Underway, What Can We Expect?

By Carl Nettleton

solar panels

Perch Energy’s Community Solar Turns Renewable Cons Into Pros

By Gladstone H. Taylor

A utility pole — marginal emissions

Shifting When and Where Electricity is Used Can Avoid Gigatons of Carbon Emissions

By Riya Anne Polcastro

The sun shining on beachgoers — Global Heat Reduction Initiative

Tackling Potent Super Pollutants is the Bridge to a Cooler Future

By Amy Brown

A line of offshore wind turbines.

Saved by the Supply Chain: How Offshore Wind Stakeholders Hope to Survive and Thrive

By Tina Casey