2030 Sustainability

Inside the Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town

By Andrew R. Chow

Why Gabriela Hearst Considers Sustainable Fashion to Be the Ultimate Luxury

By Cady Lang

Building Homes Out of Plastic Waste

By Lisa Nho

Why Farmed Salmon Are Dying

By Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins
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How the Metaverse Can Help Companies Cut Emissions

Analysis found that digital technologies could quickly cut emissions in the energy, materials, and mobility sectors by up to 10%.

By Justin Worland

How to Harness Mega Seaweed Blobs For a Sustainable Future

Seaweed blobs like the one hitting Florida are too often seen as a risk. It's time to embrace their opportunity as an environmental solution.

By Vincent Doumeizel

Luxury Watches Search for a Different Kind of Green

Luxury watches have always been about communicating more than the time, and some makers are showing off their sustainability programs.

By Robin Swithinbank

Why Climate Activists Want to Stop Denmark's New Island-City

Activists say Copenhagen's new artificial island-city of Lynetteholm could kill marine life across the Baltic Sea.

By Ciara Nugent

The New Nuclear Concern for Pacific Islands

Amid nuclear’s toxic legacy in the Pacific, Japan’s plan to dump Fukushima wastewater into the ocean evokes apprehensions.

By Amy Gunia

Pet Food Makers Think Beyond Animal Meat

As concerns grow about the climate impact of meat, startups look to make more dog and cat foods that are plant-based, made from insects, or lab-grown.

By Coco Liu / Bloomberg

The Untapped Solar Power Potential of Big Box Stores

Putting solar panels on all of America's big box stores could see huge gains in renewable energy supplies.

By Aryn Baker

Shein's Massive Popularity Comes at a Cost

Shein was 2022's most popular fashion brand. It's also a nightmare for workers' rights and the environment.

By Astha Rajvanshi, Video by Jenna Caldwell and Andrew D. Johnson

What Humans Owe Animals

As the reach for human cruelty expands, we have a moral obligation to create justice for animals, writes Martha C. Nussbaum.

By Martha C. Nussbaum

Why We Buy Things We Don't Need

Part of our drive to consume is down to the way our brains have evolved, a new book argues

By Alana Semuels

Inside the Electric Race to Clean Up New Delhi’s Air

New Delhi has replaced Beijing as the city with the world’s worst air pollution. Could the adoption of electric vehicles change that?

By Ismat Ara/New Delhii

Why the Pandemic Could Speed Up the Green Transition

DBS CEO Piyush Gupta, speaking at the TIME100 Leadership Forum in Singapore, said energy and supply chain crises will ultimately lead to more investment in the green energy transition

By Chad de Guzman

Inside Saudi Arabia’s Plan to Go Green

The kingdom could emerge from the global energy transition as the world’s indispensable fossil-fuel power, while boasting of an eco-friendly home

By Vivienne Walt / Dhahran and Riyadh

Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us

It keeps happening. Every summer, unprecedented heat surges through cities across the United States—in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio; and in Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. Last week, a heat wave...

By Eric Dean Wilson

3 Reasons to Avoid Farmed Salmon

Not so long ago, Atlantic salmon was an abundant wild species. Born in the rivers of northeastern United States and Canada, after a couple years in freshwater they embarked on an epic migration, navigating 2,000...

By Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins

In the Face of a Climate Crises, There's a Better Way to Farm

Current approaches to producing food and other agricultural commodities used to make everyday essential products are contributing to ecosystem degradation, growing income inequality, a climate crisis, vulnerable farm communities and unequal access to healthy food.Regenerative...

By Sally Uren
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