Category: Climate Action & Science

In the second half of 2026, a whopping 156 new electric vehicle models are expected to hit the Chinese auto market. Thinking from the perspective of an American looking at the US auto market,…

BANTANG KILLING, Gambia—In this little village in West Africa, Ebrima Nyan is watching his farmland slowly wither away. When Nyan, 47, was a teenager, the village grew all the rice it consumed, in a…

ZEBULON, N. C. Source: Inside Climate News.

Located in Tainan, Taiwan, this residence was designed for a family of three and their two cats. Rather than beginning with a formal concept, the project takes everyday domestic routines as its point of…

Thirteen collegiate and post-collegiate journalists have joined Inside Climate News as reporting fellows this summer. ICN’s summer 2026 fellowship class, its largest to date, draws from current undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates based…

The auto industry news of the week has to be Volkswagen’s apparent crisis and plan to cut four factories, half of its models, and about 100,000 employees. So, when I saw other news coming…

Battery prices have fallen significantly over the past 15 years, making battery electric vehicles more competitive. Maarten Vinkhuyzen wrote that he still expects that battery prices will drop even further, by 70% in the…

Tesla says “Cybercab employee rides at Giga Texas” are “starting soon” — its first stated step toward putting people inside the wheel-less, pedal-less robotaxi. But the announcement, spread across two Tesla accounts and roughly…

A DIY Extended Range EV using power banks? It’s more likely than you think. Source: InsideEVs.

The company used to lag behind on EVs. Now it’s growing its EV sales as others falter. Source: InsideEVs.

I’m building a shop-over-garage building in climate 6B, with 90 psf ground snow load. Due to some design constraints on height and cost, I’m not doing a fancy hot roof…

Is it best to use a PVC baseboard for slab on grade or wood? We have created our walls to have drying capability with rockwool, and intello vapor barrier and… Source: Green Building Advisor.