How this UK-based firm is growing a more sustainable cannabis

How this UK-based firm is growing a more sustainable cannabis

Cannabis plants grow in the clone room at Aurora Deutschland GmbH, a manufacturer of medical Cannabis products, in Leuna, Germany September 11, 2023. Lisi Niesner | Reuters Growing cannabis indoors uses a lot of energy, obviously resulting in higher emissions. But some companies are trying to combat that like U.K.-based cultivator Glass Pharms. It claims … Read more

NASA Space Junk Tears Through Florida Home

NASA Space Junk Tears Through Florida Home

Have you ever been sitting in your home, minding your own business when suddenly a two-pound hunk of junk from the heavens smashed through the ceiling? No? Me neither. But that’s exactly what happened to Florida native Alejandro Otero last month. 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 N Ride Along The Naples, Florida, resident had their peace … Read more

Big oil is racing to scale up carbon capture to slash emissions

Big oil is racing to scale up carbon capture to slash emissions

A standard drilling rig that Chevron will be drilling its first onshore test well for the 14,000-acre Bayou Bend CCUS project is photographed on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 in Winnie area. It is expected to have the capacity to store more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in underground geologic structures. Yi-Chin Lee … Read more

Ford, GM, Stellantis to benefit from Biden emissions rules

Ford, GM, Stellantis to benefit from Biden emissions rules

President Joe Biden speaks at the United Auto Workers political convention at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2024. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — The Biden administration’s decision to ease its timeline for all-electric vehicle adoption and give automakers more ways to meet new tailpipe emissions standards is expected … Read more

Earth on the brink of a key warming threshold after chart-busting year

Earth on the brink of a key warming threshold after chart-busting year

A wind change increased flames during a planned ignition on the Ross Moore Lake wildfire in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on July 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A series of climate records last year gave new meaning to the phrase “off the charts,” the U.N.’s weather agency said on Tuesday, warning that … Read more

Pedal coast-to-coast without using a road? New program helps connect trails across the US

Pedal coast-to-coast without using a road? New program helps connect trails across the US

When Mike O’Neil opened his bicycle repair shop in Muncie, Indiana, the Cardinal Greenway trail just outside its window stretched only 2 miles south of the shop. Today, it extends 33 miles (53 kilometers) beyond that, but the ultimate vision is far grander. O’Neil hopes the trail born from eastern Indiana’s old railroad tracks will … Read more

Paris has hiked parking charges on SUVs. Now cities like London are taking note

Paris has hiked parking charges on SUVs. Now cities like London are taking note

A view of the vehicles parked on the street in Paris, France on Nov. 22, 2023.  Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Parisians have voted to hike parking fees on large SUVs — and it’s not the only European city to set its sights on heavier, more polluting cars. At a referendum in Paris last … Read more

Reagan National Airport Received Almost 7,000 Noise Complaints In One Year From A Single Household

Reagan National Airport Received Almost 7,000 Noise Complaints In One Year From A Single Household

Living near an airport can be everything from dangerous to downright disruptive. People who usually live near these airports and their busy areas of traffic often try to get things at the airport changed, but it’s usually unsuccessful. One household in Washington D.C., though, took things to a whole new level by issuing over 7,000 … Read more

What the SEC vote on climate disclosures means for investors

What the SEC vote on climate disclosures means for investors

Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before Congress on July 19, 2023. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images ‘A sensible rule to protect investors’ “Climate risk is financial risk,” Elizabeth Derbes, director of financial regulation and climate risk for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a written statement. “This … Read more

Norway wants to store carbon under the North Sea

Norway wants to store carbon under the North Sea

The receiving dock at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project, controlled by Equinor ASA, Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE, at Blomoyna, Norway, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s government wants to show the world it is possible to safely inject and store carbon waste under the seabed, … Read more