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Citing Wildfire Risk, State Farm Will Stop Selling Home Insurance in California

According to a statement the company released on its website, the decision was at least partially motivated by the effects of climate change and “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure.”

Phoenix: Leading the Way in Autonomous Vehicle Technology with Waymo

What does a driverless future look like? How will autonomous vehicles change the world? Waymo is discovering the answers now in Phoenix, AZ.

Should We Pull Carbon Out of the Air with Trees, or Machines?

To meet the world’s climate goals, we would need to pull anywhere from 440 billion to 1.1 trillion metric tons before the end of the century – more carbon than the U.S. has emitted in...

New Research Defends Curbside Recycling as Effective Climate Tool

The study finds that, despite their cost and other drawbacks, such programs can help small cities reach their climate goals.

What to Read: Silicon Heartland–Transforming the Midwest from Rust Belt to Tech Belt

In an excerpt from her new book, Silicon Heartland, Rebecca A. Fannin discusses how her experience as an onsite reporter of emerging economies throughout Asia allowed her to recognize a developing region, this time in...

Holy Grail or Over-Hyped?

Hydrogen Takes Center Stage as a Clean Energy Alternative - with Caveats

By Fighting the Ozone Hole, We Accidentally Saved Ourselves

With the Montreal Protocol, life on Earth dodged a bullet we didn’t even know was headed our way.

How Our Obsession With Parking Fuels the Climate Crisis

In his new book, journalist Henry Grabar reimagines the urban streetscape.

Attack of the Chatbots

In the early days of ChatGPT, you had to make a conscious effort to actively seek it out. Now, AI chatbots are becoming inescapable. 

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