Sustainable Newton

Yes, tax credits for EVs, solar panels, heat pumps, weatherization, and other home energy improvements are going away soon, thanks to recently signed legislation. But you still have time to act and...

Great job by this reporter allowing #climatescientists to explain in their own words how human-caused #climatechange makes #extremerainfall like what was experienced in Texas both more likely and m...

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We highly recommend reading The Guardian's interview today with American climate communications specialist Dr Genevieve Guenther about catastrophic risks associated with the #climatecrisis. Her war...

"The study looked at hourly solar data from 12 cities and found that in sun-soaked places like Las Vegas, you could pair 6 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels with 17 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of batteries a...

While some look to conspiracy theories of "weather manipulation" to explain last week's flooding in Texas, #climatescientists see the same pattern in #extremerainfall events all over the world. To...

Texas A&M Professor of Atmospheric Sciences & climate scientist Andrew Dessler puts this weekend's tragic flooding into context and explains how climate scientists are certain that climate change i...

Our summers have been warming gradually for decades. But, in the moment, it just feels like another very hot summer day. Scientists at Climate Central developed the #climateshiftindex (CSI) to show...

The CO2 emissions causing #globalwarming are cumulative, staying in the atmosphere for thousands of year, warming our planet like a greenhouse. At the start of 2020, scientists estimated humanity ...

The original #WarmingStripes Ed Hawkins has published annually since 2018 depict average global temperatures at the Earth's surface. For 2025, Hawkins and a team of climate researchers expanded th...

This summer, #extremeweather events -- like the four "1-in-1,000-years" rain events in the US in just one week -- have been impossible to ignore. We understand SOMETHING is different now. But, whi...

Physical and mental health, economic vitality, social cohesion, environment and economic sustainability, and happiness... Walkable communities make life better and places more sustainable in so ma...

City of Covington, GA - Government is kicking off phase 2 of the city's Downtown Master Plan with a drop-in kickoff meeting tonight from 5-8 PM at the Legion Field Fairgrounds. There is also a sur...

"With HVAC and heat pump installation jobs projected to grow 13% nationally over the next five years, GIUMSC President & CEO Patrick Michaels touted the program’s importance. 'The Clean Tech Accel...

Here's a good visual explanation of how the #WarmingStripes are created from global temperature measurements.