Building decarbonization stalls on workforce, financing, permitting, and insurance gaps. New SERI research shows how closing them brings retrofit costs down.

"Brought To You By" Explore how corporations use science disinformation for profit and how to counter it and repair democracy.

Benjamin K. Sovacool and colleagues, and Nellie Amosi and colleagues are the co-winners of the two 2026 Best Paper Awards from Energy Research & Social Science

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The plants growing in tidal marshes can predict methane emissions better than salinity, offering a simpler way to measure their true climate impact.

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A series of heat waves in 2026 is breaking records and taking a toll in Europe.

This is the first installment of “Powerless,” a series from Public Health Watch examining how rising temperatures and skyrocketing electricity costs are placing Texans in danger.

Emerald AI, now valued at $1.05 billion, uses software to keep power demand at the computing facilities from getting out of control.

Abstract. The decarbonization of fossil fuel combustion streams and air is imperative to achieve negative carbon emissions and requires discovery of new ma

This study introduces a high-resolution (30-cm) urban albedo dataset created by fusing Sentinel-2 and commercial imagery. The authors demonstrate how building-level cool-roof planning could mitigate extreme heat by up to 0.5°C in global cities.

Cities globally are facing growing concerns related to extreme heat. Given the uneven distribution of heat impacts within cities and among residents, …

Cutting funding to the state's landmark energy efficiency program will be costly in the long run.

By Alison Gold When a new clean energy project comes to town, people living nearby may have mixed feelings. Residents may be excited about the potential for new employment opportunities, community investments, and cheaper energy bills, but less thrilled about construction disruptions, noise, and other impacts.

This book contributes to future-focused, environmentally responsible, relationally & ecological discourse of music education professionalism.

Collaboration with the state produces online data tools that aim to help cities and towns implement greener energy programs

Invasive symbiotic fungi have been transported around the world, but their role in the shaping of ecosystems is not fully understood. We experimentally tested whether the invasiveness of ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF) affects the performance of their invasive and non-invasive plant hosts, focusing on the interaction between pine trees and widespread host-specific EMF in the genus Suillus. We individually inoculated pine species that span a gradient of invasiveness with Suillus species that vary in invasiveness. We found that pine performance responded positively to EMF invasiveness, particularly in highly invasive pine species, which underperformed when inoculated with less invasive EMF. Although invasive EMF species exhibited greater root colonization in all pine species, less invasive pine species had a weaker growth response to EMF invasiveness. Our findings provide evidence of fungal invasiveness as a crucial factor in plant host performance, especially in symbiotic interactions with highly invasive plants, reinforcing the concept of invasional meltdown.

A student-built device designed to make lab experiments cheaper, quieter, and more eco-friendly has won Boston University’s Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize.  The fluid pump—which can be used to h...

Sodium‑sulfur (NaS) batteries are a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIB) used today in personal electronics, transportation, and ene…

Background Methane leaks across the natural gas process chain, including in homes. To date, no studies have described how common it is to have elevated methane in homes served by gas, in comparison to...

Collaboration with the state produces online data tools that aim to help cities and towns implement greener energy programs