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When it comes to the value proposition for solar + batteries, there are a lot of factors to consider when deciding if the upfront investment is justified in your unique circumstances. A good, repu...

Climate opinion tracking from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shows an overwhelming majority (57%) of Americans are either "concerned" or "alarmed" about #climatechange. But most ...

A Porsche Macan GTS, a Maserati Grecale Trofeo, a Jaguar F-Pace SVR, and a Lamborghini Urus all got dusted by a... checks notes... Hyundai Ioniq 5 N? It turns out a twin-turbocharged V8 engine c...

Globally, May is on track to be the 12th-straight month with record high average temperatures. Florida residents are enduring brutal heat this week, with Miami experiencing two straight days with ...

"Meanwhile, as film editor Michael Sweeney points out on Bluesky, a truly enormous economic sea change—on par with the Industrial Revolution itself—is unfolding within America’s (and the world’s) e...

For every sign of an EV slowdown, another suggests an adolescent industry on the verge of its next growth spurt. In fact, for most automakers, even the first quarter was a blockbuster. Six of the 1...

We're not even officially out of spring yet, but 2024 is already on pace to break the extreme heat records set last year -- which was the warmest on record. And summer is the season when heatwaves...

The communities of the Louisiana Bayou are not the only places being swallowed by rising seas in the Gulf of Mexico. Caused by climate change, the gulf waters are rising at a rate at least 3X the ...

You don't have to listen to climate scientists or activists, but you do have to look your eight-year-old son or daughter in the eye. Take #ClimateAction for them.

While we're disappointed Newton County Schools wasn't among the districts being awarded a competitive grant yesterday under the EPA's #CleanSchoolBus program, we also recognize that 354 electric bu...

There is no path to #zerowaste that doesn't involve getting rid of junk mail. Here are some steps you can take.

"Thwaites Glacier is one of the bulwarks guarding against the collapse of this critical ice sheet, most of which rests below sea level and holds enough ice to raise the ocean by 60 meters, or about...

"Given the South’s outsized contribution to the climate crisis and vulnerability to the resulting impacts communities regionwide are already experiencing, utilities should not make new long-term in...