Plastic made from sugar and carbon dioxide
Some biodegradable plastics could in the future be made using sugar and carbon dioxide, replacing unsustainable plastics made from crude oil.
Recently passed legislation to open up PACE financing in Illinois.
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Trump's climate retreat is about fear, not just greed.
Paranoia trumps cooperation.
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How these new planes will change the way we fly.
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How the Bay Area is restoring nature's delicate balance.
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San Francisco's Financial District sits atop what was once Yerba Buena Cove. After the Gold Rush of 1849 the harbor was...
As glaciers retreat, they reveal a host of new problems.
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Big banks are funding environmental injustice.
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Julie Macuga, of Burlington, who is a student at the University of Vermont studying environmental studies. She is...
Green China: In pursuit of rebuilding as 'an ecological civilization.'
Capitalising on failures of U.S. leadership, China is emerging as a potential ‘great green power’ of the 21st century.
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Even Republican mayors are rejecting Trump’s energy policies.
On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, protesters march for action on climate change. (AP Images / Sipa USA)
Greg Lemons is the staunchly...
Natural gas industry brings a fake grassroots group to eastern pipeline fights.
Amid intensifying fights over new natural gas pipelines in Virginia, New Jersey and New England, the gas industry is ramping up its defense with...
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