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Permitting For Energy Projects is Notoriously Slow: Reform is Needed to Put Communities First

By Kyle Kammien

Sprouts in plastic plant pots — plant pot recycling

B&Q Launches Plastic Plant Pot Recycling Program

By Gladstone H. Taylor

industrieblick

The Green Hydrogen Industry Needs a Manufacturing Makeover

By Tina Casey

5B foldable solar power array

Solar Power Reaches New Heights in 2024: Some Big News You May Have Missed

By Mary Mazzoni

An electric vehicle charging.

How the U.S. Navy is Making Electric Vehicle Batteries Better

By Tina Casey

The Mill food recycler — composting

Corporate Composting Could Take Off With New Tech That Removes the 'Ick Factor'

By Tina Casey

A person holding a box of onions — food waste

A Free Tool is Bringing Farmers and Buyers Together to Eliminate Food Waste

By Riya Anne Polcastro

A grocery story aisle — Phononic

Phononic’s New Cooling Technology Reduces Grocery Store Emissions

By Gary E. Frank

A Shake Shack location — carbon neutral milk

Shaking It Up: Shake Shack Embraces Carbon Neutral Milk

By Ruscena Wiederholt

A can of Toast Brewing's beer in a loaf of bread — sustainable spirits.

Drink Up for the Planet: How Spirits, Beer and Wine are Going Green

By Ruscena Wiederholt

A person grabbing produce out of a bag from the food waste app Flashfood.

The Apps Fighting Food Waste

By Taylor Haelterman

A farm practicing agrivoltaics by growing crops under raised solar panels.

How Agrivoltaics Innovation is Creating New Opportunities for Farmers

By Tina Casey

brightly colored kingfisher bird on a branch in a forest in Maharashtra India - paying Indian farmers to conserve forests

This Organization Pays Farmers to Grow and Protect Forests in India

By Mary Riddle

A fish among other marine life in the Coral Triangle.

Artificial Intelligence Helps Restore the World’s Most Biodiverse Coral Reef

By Abha Malpani Naismith

close-up of school lunch trays with food — school systems adopt reuse for serving trays and cutlery

What School Lunchrooms Can Teach Us About Normalizing Reuse

By Mary Mazzoni

Native grasses and flowers in a garden — native plants

Beyond the Lawn: The Advantages of Cultivating Native Plants

By Ruscena Wiederholt

The new Honda CR-V e:FCEV next to the company's demonstration-scale fuel cell power station.

Honda Pursues a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Solution to the E-Waste Challenge

By Tina Casey

erie canal central new york

A Sustainable Travel Guide to Central New York

By Patrick McCarthy

Marine Stewardship Council label on a package of fish fillets — green labels on products

Third-Party Verification Labels Can Guide Sustainable Shopping, If Consumers Know About Them

By Mary Mazzoni

Farming avocados — man picks avocados from a tree

Meet the Family Farmer Growing Your Avocados

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By Mary Riddle

us epa administrator in houston texas to announce new climate change program for rural communities

The Political Path Forward on Climate Change

By Jessie Buendia

fireman fighting wildfires

Could Arsenic-Laced Wells Help Protect Indigenous Lands From Wildfires?

By Taylar Dawn Stagner

truck carrying goods through india - road freight

Zero-Emissions Road Freight in India is a Blueprint for Public-Private Collaboration in Emerging Markets

By Diane Holdorf

worker walks through shared michigan solar garden in the snow - community solar

'Solar For All' Grants Could Boost Community Solar by 25 Percent

By Gary E. Frank

man installing solar panels on a roof

Schools and Shopping Malls Can Help Marginalized Communities Go Solar

By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Canary concentrated products in toiletry bag in bathroom

Concentrated Products Reduce Packaging and Emissions: Can They Win Over Consumers?

By Riya Anne Polcastro

clouds on earth with satellite

Meet the Clean Energy Company Bringing NASA’s Battery Technology to Earth

By Mary Riddle

Glass bottles on a production line.

Raising the Bar: Alcohol Giant Diageo Aims to Increase Glass Recycling

By Ruscena Wiederholt

A koala on a tree.

When Done Right, AI Can Be a Powerhouse for Environmental Conservation

By Rasha Rehman

person holding I Voted sticker — climate action and voting trends

Climate Action and the Case for Voter Engagement

By Tina Casey

A person watering plants in a greenhouse.

Greenhouses Can Produce Crops and Energy With New Solar Film

By Gary E. Frank

people get drinks in reusable cups at a music festival in australia - reuse and refill systems

New Fund Aims to Scale Packaging Reuse and Refill Systems Around the World

By Mary Mazzoni

trash bag next to trash can in a kitchen - triplepundit waste audit

The Great Big Waste Audit: What We Learned From Tracking Our Trash For a Week

By TriplePundit Editors

A concrete building under construction.

Concrete Gets an AI Makeover for Rapid Decarbonization

By Tina Casey

A view of a forest from above.

Forests, Carbon Offsets and a Clear Path to Decarbonization

By Tina Casey

person viewing plant photos on instagram - sustainable home tips from social media

Sustainable Home Ideas That Caught Our Eye on Social Media This Month

By Mary Mazzoni

A battery.

The Electronics of the Future Will Stay Charged All Day Using Indoor Light

By Riya Anne Polcastro

A sketch of an office chair - Gensler sustainable design standards

What Makes a 'Sustainable' Material When It Comes to Interior Design?

By Tina Casey

A ship with Oceanbird's rigid sails.

5 Unusual Ways to Decarbonize the Shipping Industry Right Now

By Tina Casey

Dragons blood trees Yemen

Amidst Ongoing Conflict, Efforts To Save This Endemic Tree Are Threatened

By Abdulmalik Alnemri

couple going into waffle house

Why Waffle House is a Perfect Place for EV Charging Stations

By Tina Casey

surfers in the water in bali

As Bali Chokes in Plastic Waste, Surfers Should Be Part of the Solution

By Emma Bukowski

A plane on tarmac - sustainable aviation fuel

Will Sustainable Aviation Fuel Help the Industry Reach its Net-Zero Goals?

By Abha Malpani Naismith

A prototype of the AlgaRay robot.

The New Ocean Cleanup Crew: Seaweed-Sinking Robots

By Ruscena Wiederholt

st cloud minnesota wastewater treatment plant aerial view - it will create green hydrogen with electrolysis

5 New Sustainable Sources for Green Hydrogen

By Tina Casey

A Brightline train on the tracks.

Is 2024 the Year of the Train?

By Taylor Haelterman

Aerial view of heavy machinery at a mine.

The Software That's Making Mining Better for the Environment

By Phil Covington

airplane on the tarmac - AI-driven cliamte solutions to reduce taxi time and emissions

5 High-Tech Climate Solutions Worth Watching in 2024

By Riya Anne Polcastro

A street lamp in a flooded street.

Unleashing the Power of AI: University of Illinois and IBM Join Forces to Anticipate Flash Floods

By Riya Anne Polcastro

wind farm in the mountains - wind energy

5 Wind Power Trends to Watch in 2024

By Tina Casey