Sustainability & Climate

Sustainability & Climate

A scientific case for climate optimism with ecologist Tom Crowther

The view from a bush plane as it approaches Cooper Island off of Barrow, Alaska.

Sustainability & Climate

A simple yet expensive way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines

An ice storm in northern Michigan in March 2025 brought down trees and power lines, causing widespread damage and outages.

Sustainability & Climate

How controlled burns can help save taxpayers billions

A Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) member uses a drip torch to ignite a controlled burn at the Pacific Union College Forest on May 15, 2025 in Angwin, California..

Sustainability & Climate

The winter's snow drought is now a full-blown water crisis

A bathtub ring marks the receded shoreline at Lake Powell, where water levels remain low in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on April 30, 2026, near Big Water, Utah.

Sustainability & Climate

The surprising climate fix that Democrats and Republicans both love

A construction worker makes his way up the side of a condominium highrise construction site in downtown Miami, Florida.

Sustainability & Climate

The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think

Volunteers planting trees for Arboretum Detroit on Earth Day 2026 in Michigan, USA.

Sustainability & Climate

How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement

Solar roof panels installed in a residential house.

Sustainability & Climate

The Green New Deal has evolved. Now it’s all about ‘affordability.’

Person looking at a long grocery shopping bill while still at a supermarket.

Sustainability & Climate

The state of solar: Despite partisan rhetoric, the industry is still booming

A worker organize fencing materials along solar panels at the Fitchburg Renewables solar farm in Massachusetts.

Sustainability & Climate

The world is getting too hot to feed itself

Aerial view of riverbank dwellers carrying banana produce over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community in Manacapuru, Amazonas state in northern Brazil.