Steel is one of the world’s most traded commodities, with roughly one-third of the global supply crossing borders. That makes decarbonizing the carbon-intensive sector a challenge when different companies or…
Day: November 17, 2025
New Greenpeace report finds G20 failing to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap in 2035 NDCs
BELÉM, BRAZIL, Monday 17 November 2025 — Ten years after the Paris Agreement, Greenpeace International has launched a new report at COP30, revealing the insufficient climate ambition in the 2035…
Delaying Mice Removal and Repairs Gets Expensive
A Small Noise That Turned Into a Big Problem. Last winter, a Maplewood homeowner heard what sounded like a faint scratching behind her kitchen cabinets. She brushed it off—probably just…
Leaving a legacy of compassion: Max ’s story
Like many animal lovers, Max Wagner has always believed that animals deserve someone to stand up for them. It’s a belief that has guided her throughout her life, and it’s…
Will PJM do what it takes to get data-center costs under control?
The data-center boom is pushing electricity costs to the breaking point for PJM Interconnection — the country’s biggest grid operator, serving more than 65 million people from the mid-Atlantic coast…
How smarter software can help utilities build a stronger grid
As the 20th century ended, the National Academy of Engineering chose the top 20 engineering achievements of the past 100 years. At the top of the list was electrification, which…
Support your neighborhood scientist
By KIM BELLARD These are, it must be said, grim times for American science. Between the Trump budget cuts, the Trump attacks on leading research universities, and the normalization of…
Update from COP30: Powering up against fossil fuels
At COP30 in Belém, countries are busy discussing a new ‘roadmap’ to guide the transition away from coal, oil and gas. It may well be that the work is begun…