Texas has doubled the amount of solar energy it's generated since early 2022. And that is helping keep the lights and AC on amid a long record heat wave.
Progress & Solutions
Halfway through his term, climate justice advocates and other experts grade the Biden administration’s work so far.
A new report sheds light on mistakes, data gaps and dysfunctional organizational cultures that contributed to America suffering more loss of life than any other country in the world.
The U.S. is home to more than 450,000 warehouses and distribution centers, which provide almost 16.4 billion square feet of rooftop space. Covering that space with solar panels... You get the idea.
Over 500 advertising and PR agencies have now pledged to cut ties with world’s biggest fossil fuel polluters.
California is now the first state to penalize big oil companies for their rampant and unrestrained price gouging which has California drivers paying the highest gas prices in the country.
Black women, particularly mothers, are leading efforts to treat people currently harmed by toxic neighborhoods and prevent future damage.
The United States is pouring more money into electric vehicle infrastructure and rebates, but safety and affordability could be behind the gender gap between men and women owners.
Governor Gavin Newsom has followed through on a promise to bypass price-gouging drug companies and begin direct manufacturing of low-cost insulin for California diabetes patients.
Estonia has long been seen as a pioneer in digitizing the democratic process. Internet voting, which began in 2005, is just a small part of the e-governance ecosystem that all Estonians access regularly.
Polls show that a simple solution fixing Social Security has widespread support, including 76 percent of all voters and 65 percent of Republican voters. Unfortunately, Republicans are not listening to their voters.
In 2016, David Cottrell dropped $400 worth of rock on Washaway Beach to see what would happen. Now engineers are watching, too.
The Biden administration aims to open up more than 100,000 offshore acres near Lake Charles, Louisiana and nearly 200,000 acres near Galveston, Texas as part the plan to develop wind power along every U.S. coastline.
New federal programs allocate billions of dollars to improving transportation infrastructure. Some states are using funds to reconnect communities divided by highways.
Floating solar panels are far less common in the US, but adaptation appears to be on the rise. The largest projects are concentrated in California and Florida.
Car-share operations are turning to electric vehicles as they reimagine the service as an affordable, nonprofit transportation business model.