How EVs Challenge and Strengthen Grid Resilience
Electrifying transportation will require more EV options, a reliable charging infrastructure, upgrades to the grid, and collaboration with consumers.
Lower Your Carbon Footprint With These Simple Tips
Personal carbon footprints are the result of decisions we make about how we get around, what we eat, what we buy, and where we live.
How Food and Climate Change Create a Vicious Cycle
Our food systems and climate change are interconnected in a destructive cycle that threaten global food security.
Climate Literacy Can Empower Climate Action
Today’s young people are living through a constant barrage of climate disasters. Most are not taught why and what can be done.
How Smart Technologies Can Help Reduce Water Leaks
Water scarcity has become an increasingly serious threat due to climate change, growing populations, and aging utility grids.
Renewable Energy Growth Rising to New Heights
The world is expected to add as much renewable power in the next five years as it did in the past 20 years, according to the IEA.
The Costly Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion
Clothing and textiles production releases 1.2 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases every year – that’s approximately 10% of the global planet-warming CO2 emissions
Preserving Biodiversity Protects the Planet
Our planet is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction — with nearly one million plant and animal species facing extinction by 2040 because of human activity.
Parking Lots Are Helping the Energy Transition
As the cost of solar continues to come down, more businesses are deploying solar carports due to both the cost benefits and net-zero goals.
Glaciers are Melting Faster than Any Point in History
Glaciers iare melting faster than predicted, with consequences including sea rise, storm surges, flooding, and displacements.
Our Warming Climate is Fading Fall Colors
Scientists have discovered that warmer weather is making the fall foliage start later, end sooner, and even change the palette.
The Complicated Relationship Between Water and Energy
We need energy systems for our water and we also need water for our energy systems
How Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Can Enhance the Grid’s Resilience
With extreme weather, we need to look at more localized generation and distribution of renewable energy to enhance grid reliability and resiliency.
Summer of Floods is Urgent Call for Energy Transition
How are inland areas far from rivers and streams still experiencing such enormous flooding? Extreme rainfall spurred by climate change
Invest in the Future of Our Planet on Earth Day
Personal carbon footprints are the result of decisions we make about how we get around, what we eat, what we buy, and where we live.
Study Finds Western Megadrought is Worst in 12 Centuries
The drought that began in 2000 is now the driest two decades since 800 A.D.
Replacing Old Windows Reduces Your Carbon Footprint
Heat gain and loss through windows are responsible for 25%–30% of residential heating and cooling energy use.
Natural Disasters are Increasing in Frequency and Severity. How Can We Better Prepare?
Over 90% of the World’s Children Breathe Toxic Air Every Day
Over 90% of children breathe toxic air every day. Smart and sustainable future cities can help.
Drought: A Creeping Disaster
Drought is a creeping disaster that affects more people worldwide than any other natural disaster, and climate change is accelerating its impact.