Category: Climate Action & Science

The Department of Energy is backing a major battery project to bolster Puerto Rico’s fragile electric grid — even as the Trump administration axes funding for key clean energy initiatives across the U.S. territory.

In an era defined by housing precarity, social fragmentation, and environmental urgency, Collective Living and the Architectural Imaginary examines how architects have reimagined and can continue to reimagine-the way in which we live together.…

Air-to-water heat pumps use water, not air, to deliver heat. They’re an emerging product we’re starting to see more often. Source: Green Building Advisor.

On a sloping site in a village in southern Sweden stands Villa Österlen, Note’s second completed architectural project. The house sits naturally within the landscape, surrounded by orchards and rolling hills, while offering a…

In 2017, after about 10 years of discussions, then-superintendent Amy Shane finally got to see a much needed expansion at the O’Neill Public School District’s aging junior-senior high school get approved. Expanded classrooms, state-of-the-art…

A new draft text to revive deadlocked UN plastics treaty talks does not include specific measures on managing runaway plastic production, a growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, drawing criticism from some countries and…

International Youth Day, observed annually on August 12, is marked in 2026 under the theme “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations,” highlighting the shared aspirations of young people across diverse social, economic, and geographic realities. Despite…

President Trump has shut down websites like climate.gov and other climate data projects. Academics, journalists, and nonprofit organizations are working to rebuild what has been lost The post A review of rescued climate data…

It requires new construction and major renovations to use reflective roofs that can cool neighborhoods by as much as six degrees. The post How an Atlanta ordinance could help the city cool off appeared…

As the Sandy Fire approached the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in May, state and local officials had to move quickly to assess how safe the air was amid radiation concerns as the fire burned…

To overcome functional extinction in Indonesian waters, global aquariums are airlifting zebra sharks back to the Pacific.By Johnny Sturgeon Inside an insulated FedEx package, sloshing around in a sealed sack of seawater at 30,000…

From Gen-4 heavy-duty trucks to L4 urban delivery vehicles, shared technology, automotive-grade production and industry partnerships are shaping the next phase of Pony.ai’s autonomous freight business. At a media briefing on August 3, He…