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A 3-D render of green electric vehicles positioned at charging stations

The Silent Revolution: How Electric Cars Are Quietly Cleaning Cities

Rei Vardi, founder and CEO of Eon, draws on his experience at the intersection of clean tech and mobility to unpack how electric vehicles are transforming urban life. Backed by an understanding of energy efficiency, emissions data and policy incentives, Vardi explores how EV adoption is quietly reshaping city infrastructure and public health.
By Rei Vardi
green crabs

Invasive, Ecosystem-Destroying Green Crabs Could Make Bio-Friendly Plastic

"Invasive species may be detrimental to the ecosystem, however there's always surprise solutions that we have to be open to."
By Harmon Leon
The buried research investigated the wide-ranging effects of rising carbon dioxide, increasing temperatures and volatile weather.

Trump Administration Buries Studies Proving Effects of Climate Change

As far as climate change goes, the ethos of the Trump White House has been: out of sight, out of mind.
By Harmon Leon

This Terrorist Group Cares More About the Environment Than Donald Trump

By Davis Richardson

Why This NYC Park Is Filled With the Sound of Loud Breathing

By Jessica Holmes

Will New Yorkers Have to Start Bringing Their Own Straws to Restaurants and Bars?

By Madina Toure
A power plant.

NJ Senate Panel Advances Bills to Rejoin Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Christian Hetrick
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, left, at a press conference.

New York Plans to Sue EPA Over Smog From Upwind States

By Madina Toure
Tourists take photographs in front of Egypt's famous Giza Pyramids on December 18, 2016 in Cairo, Egypt. Since the 2011 Arab Spring and continued terrorist attacks throughout the country, Egypt's tourism industry has been hit hard. As the country tries to rebuild a damaged economy and revive the tourism industry, an increase in terrorists attacks in the past two weeks, one which targeted police officers at a checkpoint in the Giza neighbourhood, could continue to see the tourism industry suffer.

Tourism Decline Threatens Egypt’s Monuments, Happy 80th to Picasso’s ‘Guernica’!

By Alanna Martinez
A power plant.

Can Air Pollution Cause Brain Damage?

By John Bonazzo
PJ Harvey at Terminal 5 on Monday, August 15, 2016

PJ Harvey’s First US Show in 5 Years Held a Mirror to Washington

By Justin Joffe
Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn treats its workers like "machines" a Hong Kong based labour group said on May 3, after a survey based on interviews with the firm's workers in mainland China. At least 13 Foxconn employees died in apparent suicides last year, which rights activists blamed on tough working conditions in a case that highlighted the challenges faced by millions of Chinese factory workers.

Apple’s Clean Designs Come at a Not-So-Clean Price in New Film

By Brady Dale

Everything You Need to Know About the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015

By Alexis Krauss
PARIS, FRANCE - NOVEMBER 30: World leaders pose during the family photo session of the Cop 21 on November 30, 2015 in Paris, France. World leaders are meeting in Paris for the start of COP21, the two-week UN climate change summit, attempting to agree on an international deal to curb greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Is China Pulling Its Weight in the War Against Climate Change?

By Andrew Eil
Steve Johnson

Microfibers and the Dark Sides of the Clothes We Wear

By Michael Sainato
Will green roofs like the one on Chicago's City Hall be a technology that Sidewalk Labs works to advance? (Photo: TonyTheTiger/WikiCommons)

Seven Urban Technologies Google-Backed Sidewalk Labs Might Advance

By Brady Dale
Steven Hirsch, Aphrodite

Brooklyn Photographer Captures the Gowanus Canal in All Its Toxic Glory

By Brianna McGurran
New Yorkers on an average day.

Desolation of Smog: It Is Not Exactly Safe to Breathe in New York

By Vinnie Mancuso
Mayor Bill de Blasio probably wouldn't be smiling if he saw the replies to his latest tweet. (Photo: Diana Robinson/NYC Mayor's Office)

De Blasio Announces ‘Sweeping Update’ to City’s Air Pollution Control Code

By Colin Campbell
The Gowanus Canal. (Getty)

Yeah, Buoy! Watch the Toxic Avengers Try Not to Get Gonorrhea at This Weekend’s Gowanus Challenge

By Rebecca Hiscott

Photos of the Gowanus Canal Flooding in Brooklyn

By Hunter Walker

Meanwhile, Red Hook Choking on Its Tourists

By Matt Chaban

Breathing in Beijing: Environmental Quality and the 2008 Summer Olympics

By Steve Cohen
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