U.S. farms cost the economy more in health and environmental damage than they contribute to the economy, according to a recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (PNAS).
For 20 economic sectors, the study compares the…
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U.S. air pollution emissions dropped dramatically from 2008 to 2014, driven in part by the closure of coal-fired power plants. Now researchers have documented that health damages from air pollution dropped just as dramatically during that time.
“Not…
The analysts at Principles for Responsible Investment believe policies that mitigate climate change are inevitable, no matter how unlikely they seem right now.
Those inevitable policies have not been priced into markets, they contend, and the longer…
It remains to be seen whether Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo will achieve all 870 miles of bike lanes by next year promised in her Plan Velo, but Parisians are already pedaling in droves on those that have opened.
“In one year, bike use in the French…
When the Environmental Law Institute compiled its more than 1,000-page compendium of pathways to decarbonize the United States, its editors asked the 58 chapter authors to recommend changes in law.
The result is more than 1,500 adjustments to law…
Agriculture’s contribution to the climate crisis is typically underestimated, according to experts, because of numerous emission sources that are routinely overlooked.
“The classic EPA chart suggested Agriculture is 9 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas…
Having dragged their feet in the four years since signing the Paris Agreement, countries now must triple their climate pledges in 2020 to meet its 2º C goal, the United Nations Environment Program warns in a report released this morning.
To limit…
Uber’s data scientists are hustling to create simulated air mobility systems for specific cities ahead of the 2023 launch of Uber Air.
The company has said it will roll out the service in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Melbourne that year, but a slide…
Predictions have varied erratically for the rate of electric-vehicle adoption and the date they’ll displace the internal combustion engine. But one indicator has remained consistent.
No matter who is predicting, according to a researcher from the…
The global energy transition is happening faster than the models predicted, according to a report released today by the Rocky Mountain Institute, thanks to massive investments in the advanced-battery technology ecosystem.
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