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U.S. Drivers Have Lost $8 Billion to Red Lights — Can AI Traffic Signals Save Us?
The Department of Energy says idling for more than ten seconds burns more fuel and produces more CO-2 than shutting off and restarting your engine. A 2021 traffic signal report says drivers in Nevada spend more time idling at red lights than drivers in any other state. Nationwide, Americans spend 6.8 percent of each trip at red lights, accounting for…
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How AI Can Save Drivers Time and Money, While Reducing Emissions
Tim Menard says artificial intelligence can unclog our roads and reduce red light idling. He started LYT, a cloud-based platform that integrates drivers’ navigation data with a city’s network of traffic signals, analyzes traffic flow, and adjusts traffic light timing accordingly. LX News Storyteller Peter Hull spoke to Menard to learn more about his company, and how it can impact...
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Which Path Will the World Take For Our Climate's Future?
Which path will the world take? While some warming is guaranteed, there are still changes that can be made to decrease world carbon emissions and slow the impact of climate change. NBCLX climate storyteller Chase Cain breaks down what we should do next.
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How the Olympics Are Showing the Complexity of Sustainability Claims
While organizations make notable progress on reducing the harmful effects of their operations, experts say sustainability claims can be overstated and mask underlying problems.
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Report: Corporate Climate Pledges Are Weaker Than They Seem
Many of the world’s largest companies are failing to take significant enough steps to meet their pledges to vastly reduce the impact of their greenhouse gas emissions in the decades ahead
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How Ocean Water Near the South Pole is Helping Our Climate
The ocean around Antarctica is doing its best to help Earth’s atmosphere, and it turns out it’s doing a better job than previously thought. A new NASA-sponsored study says the Southern Ocean is a very effective “carbon sink,” meaning the water absorbs much more carbon from the air than it releases. Researcher Matthew Long explains more about the...
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Majority of US States Pursue Nuclear Power for Emission Cuts
Many states in the U.S. are coming to the conclusion that solar, wind and other renewable power sources might not be enough to keep the lights on as they seek to dramatically cut their use of fossil fuels
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Fighting Climate Change While Flying
Let’s face it. Flying usually sucks. Air travel is also contributing to climate change in a pretty significant way. And that sucks for us and the planet. But what if it didn’t? I could tell the flight I was on was a bit different. First, the flight attendants were using real glassware in coach. And second, their boss, United...
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Biden Order Would Make US Government Carbon Neutral by 2050
President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050, with a 65% reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an all-electric fleet of cars and trucks five years later.
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China, US Pledge to Increase Cooperation at UN Climate Talks
The world’s top two carbon polluters, China and the United States, have pledged to increase cooperation on climate action in a joint declaration at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow
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Globe Bounces Back to Nearly 2019 Carbon Pollution Levels
Global carbon pollution this year has bounced back to almost 2019 levels, after a drop during pandemic lockdowns
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Supreme Court Agrees to Consider EPA's Authority to Limit Greenhouse Gases
The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider whether one of the federal government’s plans for reducing greenhouse gases goes too far. The court agreed to take up a challenge from coal companies and energy-producing states, led by West Virginia, that say the Environmental Protection Agency was exceeding its authority to limit carbon emissions. They’re appealing a lower court’s ruling that restored some...
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New Ordinance To Squeeze Emissions From Boston's Largest Buildings
The state’s largest city has a new ordinance on its books that Mayor Kim Janey’s office is calling “the single most impactful initiative to curb Boston’s carbon emissions.” Janey on Tuesday afternoon signed the City of Boston Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance, which sets emissions targets and reporting requirements for buildings greater than or equal to 20,000 square...
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Summit Catapults World Ahead in Crucial Year to Curb Warming
America’s climate summit propelled the world forward on a path toward limiting the worst of global warming
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Greta Thunberg Calls Out US Carbon Emissions
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg testified Thursday at a Congressional committee hearing on the environment and called out the U.S. for being “biggest emitter in history.”
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How and When Can We ‘Decarbonize' the Country?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ed Markey continue to promote the Green New Deal, and President Joe Biden announced a commitment to reduce carbon emissions. Energy policy analyst Hal Harvey tells LX we’re at an environmental turning point.
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What Does a Carbon-Neutral Future Look Like?
As we approach Earth Day, NBCLX storyteller Cody Broadway asked three experts to imagine what a carbon neutral future would look like, and how the U.S. would get there. Changes would have to come to the auto industry and home heating, among other things – but we’ll also have to figure out who will pay for the shifts in our...
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‘Trash Collectors' of the Air: The Tool That Could Help Save the Planet
Facilities can filter carbon from air molecules like filtering a glass of water. They’re called Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems and not only can they remove CO2 from ambient air, but they can also assist with storing carbon safely underground.
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Massachusetts Gov. Baker Signs Sweeping Climate Change Bill
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a sweeping climate change bill into law Friday, ending months of negotiations as the legislation shuttled back and forth between the Democratic-controlled Legislature and the Republican governor. Baker and lawmakers have both hailed a key goal of the new law — creating a net-zero greenhouse gas emission limit by 2050. “This bill puts us on…
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Congress Takes Aim at Climate Change in Massive Relief Bill
The huge pandemic relief and spending bill includes billions of dollars to promote clean energy such as wind and solar power.