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Let There Be Shade

New French law requires most large parking lots to be blanketed with solar canopies

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Designing an Island’s Future

After Hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rico must lead with infrastructural innovation

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Rikers Rebirth

Regional Plan Association and RISD reimagine NYC’s notorious Rikers Island as a green energy hub

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Forward-Thinking

Judd Foundation and MASS MoCA among grantees of $3 million in new funding from the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative

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History Made

The AIA heralds the Inflation Reduction Act, with its $369 billion in climate spending, as a “step in the right direction”

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The Goldilocks Framework

How to respond to both population growth and climate change? High-density, low-rise housing plus current technologies offer one solution.

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Lightening the Load

Chicago’s city-owned buildings will shift to 100 percent renewable energy by 2025

The Victorian big battery, a field next to power towers
Throw Another Battery On The Barbie

In Australia, a battery the size of a football field will stabilize Victoria’s energy grid

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Money In The Bank

Democrats introduce bill in Congress to establish a National Climate Bank

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Rendering of Energy Vault's concrete powered battery
Swinging Stones

This gravity-powered battery could be the future of energy storage

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No More Dirty Fuels

Spokane, Washington, aims to be free of fossil fuels by 2030

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2040 Vision

A Michigan power utility plans to be totally renewable by 2040

The vast stretches of land in West Texas are perpetually mined of resources.
Texas is a Land of Contrasts

AN travels to West Texas for a photo essay on extraction infrastructure

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Energy Excellence

Solar panels get a much-needed design makeover

Walk It On

The next step in renewable energy is right under our feet

Energy Shooting Star

Chicago plans to power public buildings with 100% renewable energy

French proposal to pave roads with solar panels could provide power for 5 million people

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