California braces for floods amid incoming heat wave

Welcome to The Hill’s Sustainability newsletter{beacon} Sustainability Sustainability   The Big Story California braces for floods amid incoming heat wave Californians are bracing …

World’s first carbon import tax gets green light

Welcome to The Hill’s Sustainability newsletter{beacon} Sustainability Sustainability   The Big Story EU moves ahead with plan for carbon import tax The European Parliament on Tues…

FEMA sued over efforts to rebuild Puerto Rico’s power grid

Welcome to The Hill’s Sustainability newsletter{beacon} Sustainability Sustainability   The Big Story FEMA sued over efforts to rebuild Puerto Rico’s grid A coalition of Puer…
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Equilibrium — Scientists take steps toward ‘greener’ fertilizer

Scientists have set out to innovate a new type of ammonia that could help create “greener” fertilizer — and minimize the climate impacts of a ubiquitous but energy-intensive compound.  Industr…
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‘Virtual’ power plants get a boost

Google, Ford, General Motors and a group of solar energy producers are joining forces to innovative a virtual solution to the rising pressures on the electric grid.  The companies announced Tuesday…
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Equilibrium/Sustainability — Deliberate burning shielded historic Southwest, study finds

Equilibrium is a newsletter that tracks the growing global battle over the future of sustainability. Sign up here or in the box below. Historic burning by Native American tribes in the American Sou…
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Equilibrium/Sustainability — World was abnormally dry last year: UN

Most of the globe was drier than usual in 2021 — circumstances that wreaked havoc on both economies and the environment, according to the World Meteorological Organization.  About 3.6 billion …