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Longtime climate activist Bill McKibben finds hope in solar energy despite the Trump administration rolling back ...

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A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the ...

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Can the cruise industry hit its carbon-neutral targets? A new generation of ultra-low emission vessels may hold the answer.

The idea for Fields of Sinsinawa arose from an Ohio farmer named David Brandt, an influential figure in the regenerative farming movement, who was exploring the idea of creating a farmer-led learning ...

Two years ago, countries around the world set a goal of “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems in a just, orderly and equitable manner.” The plan included tripling renewable energy ...

Public debate has turned carbon dioxide into a kind of one-word explanation for every climate anxiety, a villain that neatly ...

The Broadway veteran discusses reimagining Fiddler on the Roof at Signature Theatre, Jewish identity, and HBO’s The Gilded ...

From tweaking seeds to using smart tech in the fields, biotechnology and agriculture are teaming up for a more sustainable ...