How teaching kids energy efficiency in schools can benefit families at home
Students’ enthusiasm for energy efficiency can ripple outward, making an impact beyond the classroom. What kids learn at school doesn’t stay at school. So by teaching…
Students’ enthusiasm for energy efficiency can ripple outward, making an impact beyond the classroom. What kids learn at school doesn’t stay at school. So by teaching…
Chemist Dick Co’s take: We will solve climate change if we follow some basic rules of gremlin care, er, climate action Like many children of…
Solar could play a huge role in reducing carbon pollution. Solar energy could play a big role in reducing carbon pollution from the U.S. electricity…
As the Earth’s climate warms, sea levels are rising, threatening to swallow coastlines and flood low-lying cities. Scientists are working to understand how much and…
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes over 50,000 U.S. deaths and $445 billion in economic damage annually. The United States can achieve net-zero carbon…
It begins with the idea that the adverse impacts of a warming climate are not felt equitably among people. Climate change, an inherently social…
Known as ‘Rolly’ in the Philippines, the storm likely caused catastrophic damage in the region of Catanduanes Island, where the typhoon made its initial landfall…
Consumption has fallen enough to meet emissions targets, temporarily. A banner on the International Energy Agency website spells it out in bold font: “The global oil industry…
Boston may be emerging as a model for how scientists and the public can better quantify and understand their city’s carbon dioxide emissions. Millions of…
Some climate change is now inevitable. Many communities are trying to adapt to the consequences. It can be hard to adapt to any change, whether…
In the 2015 international Paris Climate Agreement, nearly every country [see editor’s note] agreed to try and limit global warming to no more than 2…
But a new $1 million prize could boost climate-friendly AC technology. Between 1992 and 2016, more than 22,000 people in India died as a result…
Rural and often conservative states are leading the way in harnessing the wind. Advances in technology, improved economics, and broad political support are making wind…
Whether it’s called ‘high-tide’ flooding, ‘sunny day,’ or ‘nuisance’ flooding, the problem is getting worse in many coastal communities. High-tide flooding – sometimes referred to…
Travel with these journalists as they explore how people in Peru and Colombia are coping with rising temperatures. It’s not news that climate change is…