Prompts like this sign in Coalinga, California, may get people to use less water – but paying them could be more effective.
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Even after January’s storms, California faces a water-scarce future. An economist and an engineer propose a way to test higher water prices as a conservation strategy without hurting low-income users.
Electric cars are now appearing on Australian roads. But can electric utes meet the more exacting needs of our tradies?
The challenge is not so much to integrate sustainable development into engineering or management as to teach engineering and management for sustainable development.
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The challenge is not so much to integrate sustainable development into engineering or management education as to teach engineering and management for sustainable development.
Snow on cattle drive sculptures in Dallas after a winter storm, Feb. 3, 2022.
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Texas wasn’t prepared to keep the lights on during Winter Storm Uri, and it won’t be ready for future cold weather unless it starts thinking about energy demand as well as supply.
New Zealand is considering a plan to tax methane from cows. But while cows and cars both emit greenhouse gases, they don’t have the same impact over time.
The mine was not refused on climate change grounds. So without legal reform, other fossil fuel projects may still go ahead.
A pumpjack draws oil from underneath a canola field as a haze of wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Cremona, Alta., in July 2021.
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Canada has no choice but to adapt its energy sources and industries in a ‘just transition.’ If it doesn’t, the inevitable transition will be much more disruptive — and much less just.
Climate change is making oceans more acidic globally. Now, scientists are finding that large storms can send pulses of acidic water into bays and estuaries, further stressing fish and shellfish.
Failure to disclose all of an organisation’s emissions misleads consumers and investors.
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Airlines are investing in sustainable biofuel startups and starting to uses alternative fuels, including cooking oil, ag waste and corn ethanol. But biofuels alone won’t be enough, research shows.
The white ‘bathtub ring’ around Lake Powell, which is roughly 110 feet high, shows the former high water mark.
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Building too close to cliffs and slopes, weak soils, lack of vegetation and increased rainfall all played a part in the massive storm damage to Auckland. The city needs to change the way it uses land.