Is coastal tourism in danger of going underwater?
In late 2018, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scientists released a startling report about the impending impacts of rising temperatures.
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Driverless shuttles as campus “people movers”
3 universities launching campus transportation of the future today
A plea for grown-up climate action
Yesterday, thousands of children in more than 100 countries were on strike to protest inaction on climate change by the rest of us.
Will one of these 12 visions replace today’s throwaway coffee cup?
Some 600 billion new disposable cups each year swell landfills, litter landscapes or drift in seas around the world.
Endangered species face ‘disaster’ under Trump administration
Trump’s push to expand oil and gas drilling is eroding protections for some of America’s most at-risk wildlife
America can afford a Green New Deal — here’s how
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D.-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass) are calling for a "Green New Deal" (PDF) that would involve massive government spending to shift the U.S. economy away from its reliance on carbon.
How electric vehicles could make America’s crumbling roads even worse
U.S. roads and bridges are in abysmal shape — and that was before the recent winter storms made things even worse.
Can sustainable companies get a lower cost of capital?
Green bonds have been making headlines in the sustainable finance world the past few years because of their rapid growth.
How to change the world in 4,000 days
A cultural and social shift is afoot, with more corporations waking up to the potential of sustainability to create value, moving away from a romanticized "stock photo" concept of CSR.
How climate change is revealing, and threatening, thawing relics
Since the scorching hot summer of 2006, almost 3,000 archaeological artifacts have appeared from the melting ice in Oppland, Northern Norway. Among them, an Iron Age tunic, a 1,500-year-old arrow and a 3,400-year-old shoe.
