Sustainability

The climate crisis is forcing the American Red Cross to expand its disaster-recovery efforts. It plans to spend at least $1 billion on added supports.

Shipping accounts for about 3% of global greenhouse-gas emissions. Seabound believes its tech can play a key role in helping it reach net zero.

As we strive to reach carbon neutrality, green hydrogen is a sustainable and economically viable source of energy that might hold the key to net zero.

Formerly redlined neighborhoods in Minneapolis are nearly 11 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than non-redlined areas.

Electric buses are taking kids to school. Districts from Florida to California are ditching some of their diesel-powered buses for electric models.

Philadelphia is protecting its urban gardens. The city is buying dozens of properties to prevent development and preserve the community space.

Cargill is shaping how the world eats and you've likely never heard of it. Pilar Cruz, the company's chief sustainability officer, said the food giant is working on tackling environmental issues.

Your next tires could be made from a desert shrub, soybean oil, rice husks, or tree resin. And there are specialty tires for electric vehicles, too.

The Maui wildfires in Hawaii worsened the housing crisis. Residents fear being priced out and report that investors have inquired about their land.

Companies bragging about their climate goals are ending remote work and forcing employees back to the office, which will exacerbate global warming.

MycoWorks makes leather from mycelium, the weblike fungus that can become a mushroom. The company plans to open its first commercial plant.

The Plant belonged to one of Chicago's dirtiest industries. Now it's home to a beekeeper, a coffee roaster, indoor farms, and algae laboratories.

Credits linked to the capture of carbon in the world's waters offer huge promise, but field research is still required to evaluate their quality.

For the second time, scientists have taken one significant step forward toward a future that runs on clean, sustainable nuclear fusion-powered energy.

The total price tag of extreme heat is coming into focus as emerging research shows the cost of temperatures is higher than previously known.

In parts of Cancer Alley, a region rife with petrochemical plants, the risk of cancer is 47 times the EPA's acceptable standard.

A fake campaign by environmental activists said Barbie-maker Mattel would go plastic-free by 2030. Some news outlets fell for it.

The Energy Department believes US consumers can save almost $3 billion annually on their utility bills by using more efficient light bulbs.

Real estate developers are interested in how Passive House buildings can save energy, emit fewer greenhouse gasses, and deliver lower utility bills. 

The way the media and politicians frame extreme weather is key because most people don't connect disasters to the climate crisis, research shows.

Amazon used 11.6% less plastic last year for shipping and is phasing out those blue and white plastic mailers.

Cynthia Williams is the global director of sustainability, homologation, and compliance at Ford Motor Co.

The Massachusetts-based company, founded in 2013, became one of the VC ecosystem's first unicorns earlier this year.

Digitized, electrified residential buildings could help with the current cost of living crisis — and provide a path to net zero homes.

The cat food brand is supporting Hawaiian nonprofit Kuleana Coral Reefs' efforts to restore and protect O'ahu's coral.

Stockholm Wood City will be the world's largest wooden city. See photos of the sustainable development set to begin construction in Sweden in 2025.

Exxon Mobil's deal to acquire oil company Denbury shows the oil giant's interest in getting ready for a low-carbon world.

United canceled thousands of flights leading up to the July 4 holiday weekend, citing widespread thunderstorms in the New York City area.

Manufacturing is the third-largest contributor to US greenhouse-gas emissions, accounting for 25% of the nation's energy consumption, per the EPA.

Climate-change safe havens can still be in jeopardy. Flooding in Vermont underscores how the climate crisis will leave few areas of the US untouched.

Alyssa Gilbert is the director of innovation for the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London.

In a survey about the authority figures of the climate crisis, actor Leonardo DiCaprio was the top answer in an online survey of US adults.

A recent study found 63 cruise ships owned by Carnival Corporation emitted 43% more sulfur oxide in 2022 than all the 291 million cars in Europe.

As private insurers exit high-risk states such as California, homeowners will be forced to buy pricier, or riskier, policies. Some may just leave.

A deal involving a proposed Google data center in Mesa, Arizona, guaranteed the company 1 million gallons of water a day to cool the future facility.

Nominations are now open for Insider's second annual Climate Action 30 list of global leaders who are working to curb the climate crisis.

Critics of a new Texas law that preempts local ordinances say it will override mandatory water breaks for construction workers in Austin and Dallas.

The average tentpole production —with a budget of over $70 million — generates 2,840 tonnes of carbon dioxide, the British Film Institute found.

Property insurers are fleeing California, Florida, and Colorado following a rise in natural disasters exacerbated by climate change.

New initiatives to drastically expand bike lane infrastructure are underway to make cycling safer and more equitable along Chicago's Hipster Highway.

In Montana, 16 young people are suing the state saying its support of the fossil-fuel industry is depriving them of the right to a clean environment.

Uber will give drivers real-time recommendations for when to plug in their EVs based on charge levels and expected demand to beat "charging anxiety."

Some US municipalities are looking to limit or even ban gas-powered garden tools like leaf blowers because they produce massive pollution and noise.

The air in New York City has been awful this week but it's nothing new for many parts of the world. It also used to be more common in the US.

The conversations around severe air pollution in New York brings back memories of growing up in the Indian capital.

The US is second behind only Indonesia for the most number of endangered species, according to a report based on the Red List of Threatened Species.

A model of the state's groundwater supply over the next 100 years showed that demands in the Phoenix area "will not be met without further action."