Funding from the infrastructure law comes as floods and heat waves batter the nation and gives Biden another chance to use climate carrots instead of sticks.
Setting your thermostat too low will only strain your air conditioner, which already has to work harder on hot days, and increase how much energy you’re using.
By Allyson Chiu
Fungi could turn piles of potential wildfire fuel into soil.
By Stephen Robert Miller
Smaller batteries can satisfy well the vast majority of American driving needs. So why do car companies keep making them bigger?
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Laundry can be the most significant thing that you do when it comes to reducing your clothes' environmental impact, experts say.
By Allyson Chiu
What can go in my blue bin? The answer can be different from one neighborhood to the next, but fortunately, following some key guidelines should help improve your recycling no matter where you live.
Peru’s “Route of Climate Change” takes visitors to a melting glacier — and aims to teach them along the way.
By Sarah Kaplan
Scotland's whisky industry is trying to go net-zero. It's not easy.
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The pact with California is aimed at reducing pollution and heading off future litigation.
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The cement industry is responsible for 8 percent of global carbon emissions — triple the emissions of the aviation industry.
Adjusting your thermostat a couple of degrees warmer than what you normally keep it at could produce small savings that add up over time, one expert says.
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Reliably detecting wildfires early will probably require a combination of different technologies working together, experts say.
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A Marine Corps base is the Pentagon's first net-zero installation and a test project for a greener military. Officials say it sharpens military effectiveness.
Some cities are putting water back into the ground to try to stabilize sinking ground.
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These companies are using techniques developed by NASA to capture the naturally produced CO2 and dissolve the molecules into their ales and beers.
By Charlie Scudder
A pileup of ancient logs nearly as big as Manhattan is trapping millions of tons of carbon in northern Canada – and the warming climate may lead to its releasing much of that stored material into the atmosphere.
The weather changes triggered by a global El Niño event can be detrimental to the crops that supply the world’s coffee.
By Allyson Chiu
France's ban on short-haul flights will cut some greenhouse gas emissions. But to really make an impact, it would take a country like the United States to act.
In rented homes and apartments, renters struggle to switch to cleaner energy.
A study of one recycling facility in the United Kingdom estimated anywhere between 6 to 13 percent of the plastic processed could end up being released into water or the air as microplastics.
By Allyson Chiu
Ukrainians are putting solar panels on hospitals, schools, police stations and other critical buildings to fight blackouts.
The explosion of urban beekeeping may be hurting wild bees.
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With no national standards for food expiration dates, a lot of good food is thrown out due to bad labeling.
Using your dryer less can save energy and make your clothes last longer.
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In Sierra Leone, 99 percent of the population still uses polluting cooking methods, including fires and uninsulated cookstoves.
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A conservation group's $6.25 million deal to purchase a mining company's gold rights is meant to permanently protect land bordering Yellowstone National Park.
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