Industry meltdown: Is the era of nuclear power coming to an end?
From Europe to Japan to the U.S., nuclear power is in retreat, as plants are being shuttered, governments move toward renewables, and key companies face financial troubles.
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From Europe to Japan to the U.S., nuclear power is in retreat, as plants are being shuttered, governments move toward renewables, and key companies face financial troubles.
For a commercial or residential developer seeking to install solar panels or make energy efficiency improvements to a building, getting financing from a traditional bank often can be a challenge.
The steady expansion of vineyards in California’s premier wine-growing region is moving uphill into oak and other woodlands and is adversely affecting fish and wildlife
There’s always been something fantastical about imagining the cities of the future.
First, it was a full-page ad in The New York Times signed by companies such as Apple, Morgan Stanley and Unilever.
One of the trickiest aspects of climate science is figuring out if a particular heat wave, flood, or drought was made more likely or severe by climate change.
The shape of the world is hanging by a thread – or rather, according to experts, by a 110 mile-long (177km) rift.
Remember the date April 26, 2017: it will go down as an important day in the history of solving climate change.
"Climate change isn’t stopping with the second season," said Jon Meyersohn, co-executive producer of the Emmy-award winning National Geographic series "Years of Living Dangerously," on why he hopes the series extends to a third season.
Great leaders protect their nations and their communities by addressing current threats, scanning the horizon for approaching storms and transforming policies as needed.