Progress & Solutions

One western Florida community celebrated the success of a program to restore what Hurricane Michael took from it, others braced for Hurricane Ian, a storm projected to be among the most damaging to ever strike the state.

Electric Airplanes are already here in spite of the fact that aircraft are some of the most complex vehicles out there. The biggest problem in electrifying them is the battery weight.

High school senior and climate activist Shiva Rajbhandari won elected office in Boise, defeating an incumbent school board trustee backed by far-right extremists.

As Yvon Chouinard put it in his letter: "Instead of 'going public,' you could say we're 'going purpose.' ...we'll use the wealth Patagonia creates to protect the source of all wealth.

Concrete production one of the most difficult industries to decarbonize. However, difficult does not necessarily mean impossible.

Researchers have struggled to find a solution that can rapidly reach millions of people to inoculate them against the constant barrage of misinformation bombarding them.

Before graduating, every senior who received financial aid had to listen to a financial aid officer put the fear of God into them about what would happen if they ever defaulted on their student load debt payments.

San Francisco has a brand-new park in Presidio Tunnel Tops, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay. Its history is rooted in an attempt to make road traffic safer.

Environmentalists hailed the proposal as a major improvement over the status quo, under which the EPA has been accused of "doing the bare minimum" to monitor and combat PFAS contamination.

The problem is that forever chemicals are everywhere, and there is no natural process to break them down. Many consumer products are loaded with them, including makeup, dental floss, guitar strings and ski wax.

Energy researchers in Texas see this as an exciting new phase in the country’s clean power transition. Offshore wind in the Gulf of Mexico presents a unique opportunity with a strong energy workforce and infrastructure.

Many people think manufactured homes are poorly built, even though these structures, unlike site-built houses, have had to meet federal safety standards since 1976.

Two artists see the potential to bring theatrical disciplines to public meetings to better define the public’s role and make its participation more meaningful.

If the leaders of the new, Forward Party accomplish their goal, the party will attract many voters who no longer identify as Democrats or Republicans and it will become a force for moderation—and an institution—in U.S. electoral politics.

A new element has been needed for some time to break the deadlock of bicameral opposition. Politics has been a constant game of tic-tac-toe for far too long and this binary wall has to end sooner or later.