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Offshore solar panels

Renewables are on course to create 25% of US energy!

Imagine a world where you walk around and all of the tech and energy sources you see include solar panels on every roof, wind turbines in the distance off the shore, the soft whine of electric vehicles, and pollution-free deep breaths of air everywhere you go. Sounds like a far-off

The silhouette of someone jumping against the sunrise

2022 saw the most climate action ever

Thanks to incredible work done by activists, innovators, advocates, scientists, and determined individuals, hundreds of good climate news stories scaterred across all of 2022. Heading into 2023, we're gearing up for even more great progress to be made. But in case you've been wrapped up in the day to day

The chocolate scorecard ranks treatment of workers, farmers, and Earth

The chocolate scorecard ranks treatment of workers, farmers, and Earth

Cholocate is my all-time favorite food. If a dessert has chocolate in it, count me in. But not all chocolate is created equal, and I'm not only talking about taste. The chocolate supply chain is muddled with bad working conditions, deforestation, and unethical practices. So advocates and academics decided to

Seats on the inside of a train

German trains are getting rid of single-use plastics!

While I don't think I've ever been served food on a train, every time I get a meal on a plane I get a little annoyed thinking about all the waste. Everything is a single-use item, from the serving dishes to the plastic cups and utensils. But Deutsche Bahn, Germany's

Gas usage may have officially peaked!

Gas usage may have officially peaked!

For years, we've been hearing about the rise in popularity and usage of renewables and the slow but steady decline of oil, gas, and coal. Even as some new plants, pipelines, and facilities are (unfortunately) in the works, retirements of others appear to be happening at an equal, if not

A double rainbow in a beautiful green field.

Climate change is serving us more rainbows 🌈

That's right, researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa uncovered that new weather patterns will lead to more stunning rainbows across the sky. Extreme weather is usually a bad thing, there's no doubt about that. Climate change causes extremes on all ends of the spectrum, from more severe hurricanes

Offshore wind is now 125 times better than oil and gas!

Offshore wind is now 125 times better than oil and gas!

So the first time I saw a wind turbine, my family was on a road trip in Southern Illinois and we drove past a big wind farm. Staring out of the window as a little kid I was confused at first. I didn't really know what it was. Some kind