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A Growing Movement Looks to Decarbonize Death

Alternative end-of-life practices like water cremation and human composting produce fewer emissions and return nutrients to the Earth, but access remains limited.

By Emily Payne

When her son died suddenly, Stephanie Burris of Colorado chose to have his body turned into compost that she scattered around a tree in their yard, houseplants, their favorite trails and family burial plots. Credit: Michael Kodas/Inside Climate News

A Growing Number of ‘Repair Cafes’ Are Popping Up Around the World to Curb Consumer Waste

By Kiley Price

A view of bales in the Great Salt Lake basin. Credit: Brian Richter/Sustainable Waters

To Save the Great Salt Lake, Farmers Will Have to Grow Less Alfalfa

By Wyatt Myskow

A Tesla charges in a salt and ice covered parking lot in Chicago on Jan. 17, 2024. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Improvements to Electric Vehicles Ease Concerns About Range Loss in Cold Climates

By Kristoffer Tigue

How to Help Your Garden (or Even Some Fish) With Your Dried-Out Christmas Tree

By Kiley Price

To Combat Phoenix’s Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade

By Wyatt Myskow

Marisol Genao is smiling in her doorway of a brick end-unit rowhouse

These Brooklyn Homeowners Couldn’t Afford to Go Green. Then Help Arrived

By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY

A house with its lights on is in the background. In the foreground: "GEO" spray painted in purple on the sidewalk leading up to it.

How an Unlikely Coalition of Climate Activists and a Gas Utility Are Weaning a Boston Suburb Off Fossil Fuels

By Phil McKenna

An EV charging station is seen in New Carrollton, Md. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Maryland Uses Millions in Federal Grants to Ramp Up EV Charging Network and Keep Up with Demand

By Aman Azhar

An installer with Namaste Solar secures panels for a photovoltaic solar array system on the roof of a house in Aurora, Colo. Credit: Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Community Solar Buying Programs Provide Discounts and Protections to Homeowners, but Worry Some Companies

By Tim Drugan

GRID Alternatives employees install no-cost solar panels on the rooftop of a low-income household on Oct. 19, 2023 in Pomona, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Rooftop Solar Keeps Getting More Accessible Across Incomes. Here’s Why

By Dan Gearino

A view of the Snohomish River Estuary near Everett, Wash. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights

By Katie Surma

COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev (front right) and other committee members applaud the end of the UNFCCC climate conference in the early hours on Nov. 24 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

COP Climate Talks Could Benefit From More Feminist Values, Less Focus on Tech Solutions, Experts Say

By Bob Berwyn

A view of the Harvard University campus from the Peabody Terrace on the north bank of the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. Credit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

Harvard University Doubles Down on Emissions Reductions

By Phil McKenna

UNFCCC executive secretary Simon Stiell (left) and COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev chat prior to a plenary session on the opening day of the climate conference on Nov. 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

New Calls for Reform Emerge as COP29 Negotiations Struggle

By Bob Berwyn

A pine tree lays on power lines after it was knocked over due to Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on Sept. 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The US’s Easternmost City Could Be a Model for the Country’s Renewable Future

By Olivia Gieger

As New York Congestion Pricing Turns a Corner, Experts Point to Lessons From London

By Kiley Price

An aerial view of the Ambassador Bridge that connects Detroit and Windsor, Canada. Credit: Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

New Federal Funds Aim to Cut Carbon Emissions and Air Pollution From US Ports

By Kristoffer Tigue

Sam Votzke (left) demonstrates how she performs research work with her field assistant, Olivia Bond. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

How Johns Hopkins Scientists and Neighborhood Groups Model Climate Change in Baltimore

By Aman Azhar

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