REI Co-op set and achieved a 100 percent renewable energy goal a decade ago. This week, it announced it’s upleveling that commitment, pledging to source locally generated renewable energy in…

In releasing its dire new report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has made it starkly clear that, in the words of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: "Our world…

The climate tech press often bemoans shortages of lithium, a metal crucial for the development of electric vehicle batteries. Far less digital ink has been spilled over the scarcity of…

A recent landmark report on the climate crisis pointed out some near-term tipping points that could mean the difference between a habitable planet and an uninhabitable one. It is one…

The Biden administration's 2024 Proposed Budget signals a sustained future for the climate tech sector. By Leah Garden March 27, 2023 The Biden administration released its 2024 budget request, and…

This article is sponsored by Ameresco.  Whether you are reading startling headlines about Earth’s future or watching a film as bold as Adam McKay’s "Don’t Look Up," the tides are…

Creative accounting or legitimate achievement? Whenever an email lands in my inbox touting this or that zero-carbon or carbon neutral thingamajig, that’s the first question that crowds my brain before…

Plastic has become an obvious pollutant over recent decades, choking turtles and seabirds, clogging up our landfills and waterways. But in just the past few years, a less-obvious problem has…