The vertical farming industry is growing deeper roots
The urban indoor vertical farm industry is at an important juncture.
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Growth in US green economy dwarfs that of fossil fuel industry
While U.S. President Donald Trump may be "the world’s most powerful climate change denier,"our latest research suggests that he took over over a thriving green economy.
Circularity in cities is about equity, too
Imagine walking down main street America and, instead of cookie-cutter chains, box stores and endless cars, you find a place full of exciting activity — pedestrians, regional food, local character and culture.
Where’s your Zero Czar?
As we hurtle towards the ever-more-out-of-reach milestones of the next United Nations climate change conference, in Chile, more companies are making more aggressive climate impact commitments. That’s good news.
Activists and others are asking, ‘Is this anything?
One of my television heroes, former late-night host David Letterman — among the best interviewers in the business, especially these days, in his longer format — used to feature an occasional bit titled “Is This Anything?”
The climate risk you may not be thinking about
Much of the world today — where we live, what we eat, what we do — is built on the basic assumption of a stable climate.
Can protecting land promote employment?
Protecting land from development provides numerous ecological and social benefits, but many people debate whether it hurts or helps local economies.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup is underway, finally
It's working! The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" cleanup is finally underway.
How developing countries put forests on the climate agenda
As a child of rubber tappers in the Brazilian Amazon, Chico Mendes saw how quickly the life-sustaining forest could disappear if soy farmers and cattle ranchers wanted the land for themselves.
Prof says border enforcement harms environment
A New Mexico Tech professor has found that both legal and illegal activity at the U.S.-Mexico border are causing a decrease in vegetation cover.
