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No Grid, No Problem: d.light Transforms 180 Million Lives with Solar Power
Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman founded d.light in 2007 with a mission to provide safe, affordable, and sustainable energy solutions for all. For d.light, “all” has meant cr...
Walk This Way: Redesigning Cities with Jeff Speck
How do cities become great places to walk? What moves people to ditch their cars and use their own feet? According to Jeff Speck, the key is that the walk itself has t...
Election Special: Deputy Secretary David Turk of the U.S. Department of Energy
Are we better off today as a nation than we were four years ago in our efforts to decarbonize the economy and build a more equitable society? With the election on the...
Climate Meets Crypto: CleanSpark’s Clean Energy Bitcoin Revolution
Bitcoin mining frequently faces criticism in climate circles for its voracious energy appetite. But what if that narrative is over-generalized or maybe even entirely m...
Geothermal Comes with the House: The Future of Home Energy
Bringing climate tech into the mainstream means pulling off the near-impossible: replacing familiar, conventional choices with something cheaper, better, and easier to...
Crime Fighters & Therapists: The Value of Urban Trees
Startling research from the U.S. Forest Service reveals that urban trees are more than just climate champions. They're playing a pivotal public health role in cities. ...
Clean Streets: Piping Out Trash Below Cities
Cities worldwide are revolutionizing waste management, reshaping their streets into cleaner, quieter, and safer spaces. Today, we dive deep into how urban neighborhood...
Masterfully Planned: Hurricane-Proof, Zero-Energy Homes on Florida's Coast
An hour outside Tampa on Florida’s hurricane-prone Gulf Coast, Hunters Point presents a bold new vision for sustainable housing. As the first community in the world to...
Cities on the Move: Safe, Connected Bike Lanes Built 3X Faster
Every city dreams of safe, connected bike lanes that quickly get people where they want to go. But turning those dreams into reality often drags on for years, if not d...
Wind, Water & Solar: 100% Clean Renewable Energy by 2035
Stanford professor Mark Jacobson wasn’t just dreaming of a world powered by 100% renewable energy back in 2009—he was doing the math and architecting the plan. In an a...
Net Zero Energy Schools: Lower Emissions, Higher Performance in Baltimore
Baltimore isn’t just building schools—it’s reshaping what education and sustainability can look like for the 21st century. At Holabird Academy and Graceland Park, two ...
Inside the 21st Century Race to Decarbonize Cities and Enrich Urban Life
Cities are in a race against time to cut carbon, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Responsible for 70% of global emissions, urban centers around the world are steppin...
Robots Make The Cut: The Future of Whisper-Quiet, Low-Emission Lawn Care
Heading into Labor Day weekend, we visit Martha's Vineyard and discover it’s become ground zero for the robotic future of lawn care. Across America, a quiet revolution...
Boise’s Hidden Heat: The City Where Geothermal Powers Everyday Life
Geothermal energy is gaining momentum, but its roots in America run deep. Before the Wright Brothers took flight or the first Ford Model-T rolled off the assembly line...
Denver Public Schools Cut Carbon, Save Millions, and Inspire Future Leaders
After a determined two-year campaign, a group of thirty Denver Public Schools students convinced the School Board of Education to approve a bold climate policy to make...
Utah's Residential Solar-Plus-Storage Model Could be America's Blueprint
Utah is leading the charge in residential solar innovation thanks to a unique partnership between an energy utility, a battery company, and a solar installer that’s de...
Recycling Sewer Heat into Clean Energy: Vancouver’s Vision to be the Greenest City
Vancouver boasts the lowest carbon emissions per capita of any city in North America. It’s also consistently ranked among the world’s most livable cities—and that’s no...