Sustainable Newton

"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...

“We can't just give people e-bikes. It has to be supported with a broader set of infrastructure and associated policies to make cycling safe.” This is where top-down bicycle incentive programs li...

What if everyone saying it won't work paused for a moment to watch it work? "Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering Mark Z. Jacobson continues to track California’s r...

From two of the most skilled and inspiring communicators in the #climatescience space, Katharine Hayhoe & Michael E. Mann: "The facts dictate urgency and agency. Our future is still in our hands. A...

The parallels between #BigTobacco and the #fossilfuel industry run deeper and are more intertwined than you might have imagined. Both knew how to purchase strong allies.

"Despite what you might think from listening to much of the political advertising and more than a few media reports, US carbon emissions dropped last year at the same time that the economy grew. Y...

Why switch to battery-powered yard tools? Here's why: "In 2020, fossil fuel-powered lawn equipment emitted more than 30 million tons of carbon dioxide, the leading driver of climate change. To pu...

Add hail to the list of extreme weather events made worse by climate change: "On May 9, hailstones the size of baseballs pummeled San Marcos and Johnson City, Texas, taking down power lines and cr...

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is one of the world's foremost experts on climate change communications. In this article, she provides great insights on how you can discuss climate change with ...

Unfortunately, it's complicated! But at least the list is getting longer.

"Since IIJA’s passage in November 2021, over $22 billion and nearly 24,000 new jobs in EV and battery manufacturing have been announced in Georgia. Of those announcements, about $16 billion and nea...

From Climate Central: * Since 1970, summers have warmed in 230 U.S. locations — by 2.5°F on average. (See the figures for the Atlanta area below.) * More than half (58% or 139) of all locations ...

"The years passed, and suddenly it was a decade since the storm. Eventually, people gave up. So began another stage of migration, not the stage in which people flee, but the one in which they decid...

"And in South Asia, 30-day heat waves on par with this have already become about 45 times more likely, and 0.85°C (1.53°F) hotter due to global warming, historical weather data shows."

It is important to remember we are pushing even deeper into uncharted territory, and that things are not yet on track to reverse the emissions causing climate change and the associated severe weath...