Cities & Planning

In 21 countries, all data centers are located in climates that are too hot.

The Connecticut Green Bank goes beyond grants and loans to directly develop solar for towns and schools — a model other states could follow.

99 percent of the panels were made of PET.

Concluding the series on biomimicry, some final thoughts on what green architecture can look like, grand ideas in buildings, and how we can work with nature to live better!

For over half a century, millions of children have learned their ABCs and 123s from Sesame Street. But the beloved show has been teaching something else entirely… a quiet lesson in what makes a great neighborhood. “I had a lot of people reach out and say they think this is why they always wanted to

An effective currency needs to be widely accepted, easy to use, and stable in value. By now most of us have recognized that cryptocurrencies fail at all three things, despite lofty ideals revolving…

Probably most people know that when organic matter such as kitchen waste rots, it can produce flammable methane. As a source of free energy it’s attractive, but making a biogas plant sounds d…

Locally owned and operated EV shop specializing in high quality EV conversions and repairs.

# A trove of documents obtained from City of Seattle through public disclosure requests shows work is proceeding gradually but steadily inside the transportation department to take advantage of Washington State's new Shared Streets Law. Pedestrianizing a number of streets could be around the corner.

# Precinct-level results maps show that Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson's path to victory ran through Capitol Hill, the Central District, and the Rainier Valley, where she ran up her vote share.

# Corridor-wide bus revamps have been hitting delays and are often taking ten years to deliver, or more. A new King County Metro report released this fall outlines the myriad reasons RapidRide lines fall behind, as the overall program faces an uncertain future.

We tested and analyzed the output of six food recycler machines against their environmental claims.

One Brooklyn business has seen the future of safe streets and heavy lugging — and it's going to be O-KEI!

Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.

It used to be that drawing heat from deep in the Earth was practical only in geyser-filled places such as Iceland. But new approaches may have us on the cusp of an energy revolution.

MIT researchers designed a device that quickly recovers drinking water from an atmospheric water harvesting material. The system uses ultrasonic waves to shake the water out of the material, recovering water in minutes.

Robotaxis are poised to further close the delta between suburbs and the city; the city (and Uber) might never recover.

# Already under scrutiny for potential violations of state housing law, the city of Clyde Hill's new restrictions make its middle housing code one of the most restrictive in the state.

As part of a city-wide urban greening program, Taipei turned an abandoned football stadium into a community garden. Here’s an overview of the terraced garden that’s taken over Zhongshan Soccer Stadium from James Stewart on Instagram. A coupl

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News. It is unusual to have a utility-scale solar array in Kentucky, and even more unusual that the

A British startup claims to have a carbon capture technique that sucks up most of a ship’s emissions. The challenge is scaling it

"It's fantastic because it's eco-friendly...We're not burning any gases," says Terrence Bridges.

The herbivore’s return to Yellowstone national park is restoring ancient patterns and reshaping the landscape from the ground up

I sit at the lunch table knowing my food is getting cold, too busy writing to eat. My two table mates are eager to tell me their stories. They are both

Native chefs are redefining their foodways, blending pre- and post-Colonial ingredients into a cuisine that’s as innovative as it is ancestral.

This article is co-authored by Joost Jongerden & Necmettin Türk How a grassroots revolution in northern Syria is redefining democracy, ecology, and decolonization from the ground up. When the Syrian civil war fractured the authority of the central state, a new kind of revolution took root in the country’s north. In the Kurdish-majority regions known […]

Major battery breakthroughs seemingly happen every day, but only some of that tech ever leaves the lab. WIRED breaks down what’s actually going to change EVs and what’s just a dream.

Australia has so much rooftop solar power that some states are offering free electricity during peak hours: TechCrunch: For years, Australians have been been installing solar panels at a rapid clip. Now that investment is paying off. The Australian government announced this week that electricity customers in three states will get free electricity for up […]

Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

Economists have this idea that we live in an efficient market, but it’s hard to fathom that when disposable vapes are equipped with rechargeable lithium cells. Still, just as market economist…