Sustainability

In Australia, development has sometimes been undertaken without support from local communities. But a $75 billion green energy project has set out to change that dynamic.

Black and Hispanic residents of U.S. cities are around twice as exposed as white people to the “urban heat island effect”

For the past few days, a heatwave has glowered over the Pacific Northwest, forcing temperatures in the region to a record-breaking 118ºF. Few people in the region—neither Americans nor Canadians—have air-conditioning. Stores sold out of...

Before last year, Martí Cusó didn’t like to linger in the streets of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, the neighborhood where he has lived all his life. It was impossible to sit on a bench or play...

Travel restrictions imposed across the world during the COVID-19 pandemic forced airlines to plead for government bailouts and lay off staff, while some folded entirely. There was one silver lining, though: a huge temporary drop...

Blame a tiny parting gift from the outgoing Trump Administration back in December 2020