Climate Action Evanston hosted a virtual meeting with Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss, E-Town Sunrise, Fossil Free Northwestern and over 40 community members Tuesday to inaugurate the Healthy Buildings ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. The relentless drumbeat of climate disasters in the headlines—scorching heat waves, raging wildfires, historic floods, crippling droughts—are no ...

Retrofitting several buildings at the zoo and the adjacent St. Paul Conservatory, above, is part of a decarbonization initiative by the city to reach carbon neutrality for civic buildings by 2030.

The city also took steps to respond to the extreme heat in 2025. A heat wave in June brought a 102-degree day that broke the ...

When Berkeley stopped enforcing its much-watched ban on gas appliances in new construction earlier this year, many city planners around California went into a temporary state of shock. The decision ...

On the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly last year, the Potsdam Institute’s Johan Rockström unveiled the Planetary Health Check—a science-based global initiative which showed that six ...

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Jan 2, 2025 at 2:06 pm January 2, 2025 at 7:51 pm ...

“While the focus has often been on new construction and cutting-edge green technologies, New York City’s existing buildings hold immense potential for environmental improvement.” Buildings in Inwood, ...