Sustainable Newton

"Our house is tremendously more comfortable than it was before the improvements. To this day, my husband and I can’t get over how little our HVAC runs and how well our house retains heat in the wi...

"China is accelerating its record-breaking renewable energy drive, installing 1.5 times more wind and solar this year than last -- three-quarters of global capacity under construction, a report sai...

Exciting news from the International Energy Agency (IEA), as reported by Carbon Brief. #renewables will surpass #coal as the world's top power source by 2026 -- and possibly this year. Read the ful...

The 2025 Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum summarizes the views of over 900 experts across academia, business, government, international organizations and civil society. Collectivel...

The International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) is an independent and global science organization providing scientific knowledge about the health of the world's information environmen...

And this is before any hurricanes develop or reach landfall in Florida.

Believe it or not, it's almost time to start thinking about that fall garden! And our friends at Love is Love Farm have you covered with all the best plants to keep you eating healthy and well all ...

Not sure? Not to worry. We'll bring the counting sheets AND an identification guide to the pollinator count on August 23. See https://events.sustainablenewton.org/Aug-23-2025 for details.

We shared a report yesterday about the extensive use of disinformation by fossil fuel companies and petrostates seeking to cloud the waters around #climatescience with the intent of discouraging yo...

Yesterday's high in Phoenix was 115°F, with today being forecast to top out at 118°F. All consistent with the trendline from Climate Central projecting Phoenix to feel more like Saudi Arabia by th...

With #fossilfuel interests working overtime to crank out the #climatedisinformation, calling out lies and speaking #truthtopower can be exhausting. But we must do it anyway. Everything is at stake.

You have until Monday to complete the City of Covington, GA - Government Downtown Master Plan Phase II survey.

It's not that we aren't capable of addressing this -- there are solutions. But our leaders are not trying and are squandering the valuable time we have to act. “'We can really talk about adaptati...

The Environmental Defense Fund today updated and republished their very thorough, well-sources rebuttal of the EPA's inaccurate claims about the connections between carbon pollution and climate cha...

Have you ever wanted to move to South Texas or Northern Mexico in the summertime? Neither have we!!! But, as this Climate Central analysis shows, #climatechange is pushing us that way. Lowering #Ca...