Environment & Sustainability

Coverage of green innovations, and climate and environment issues and developments, especially those told by local voices and that offer solutions for community concerns.

Yes, breathing wildfire smoke can harm your health – here’s what you can do to protect yourself

University of Colorado environmental health researcher Colleen Reid explains what’s in that smoke and why breathing it is a health concern everyone should be aware of.

Latest in Environment & Sustainability
How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills
How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centers
Renewable energy means rethinking land use for agriculture and conservation

Making difficult choices in how land is used is the issue that New York and other states, and the U.S. as a whole, are facing as they seek to shift electricity generation from fossil fuels to renewable sources, such as wind and solar.

Better urban design could help save Florida’s threatened Big Cypress fox squirrel
IFF’s energy-efficient work allows nonprofits to reduce energy costs, increase their mission-driven impacts across Indiana communities

IFF is helping Indiana nonprofits reduce utility costs and improve facilities through energy-efficient building upgrades. Programs in Bloomington, South Bend, and Indianapolis are helping organizations reinvest savings back into their community-focused missions.

Wet spring testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin, the future in a warming world

The kind of flooding Michigan and Wisconsin are experiencing in 2026 is what forecasters expect to see more of as global temperatures rise.

Missy Stults, Ann Arbor's sustainability and innovations director, in front of the Bryant Community Center. Ann Arbor's Bryant neighborhood will be the first to be connected to the city's new Sustainable Energy Utility.
Michigan city to achieve ambitious goals through sustainability energy utility

This spring the city of Ann Arbor will take sustainability goals into its own hands by launching a Sustainable Energy Utility that will generate its own renewable power for residents.

Water conservation works in Western cities, but climate change is outpacing it

Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver give a glimpse into the future of the water-scarce West, suggesting the region needs to be thinking about bigger solutions.

Property owners are trying to flip this city back to its heyday

The investments have landed Flint’s home ownership rate three percentage points above the national average.

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