As issues related to climate change continue to ravage the planet, all hope is not lost. Stay up-to-date on the latest innovations and world-changing ideas in the world of environmentalism with Fast Company's Impact section.
There are thousands of oil and gas wells inside the city limits of Los Angeles, pumping out pollution into schools and houses. Now the city council has voted to begin phasing out the industry. On a busy street in South Los Angeles between an apartment complex and an AIDS healthcare clinic and across …
Form Energy’s iron air batteries rust and ‘derust’ iron to store power. The number of wind farms in the U.K. has more than quadrupled since 2010. But last year, when a “wind drought” over more than a week meant that it was suddenly much less windy than usual, the country had to scramble to buy extra …
From shampoo to ice cream to oat milk, palm oil is in everything. And demand for it is driving deforestation and climate change. Now many companies are finding ways to use yeast to create plantation-free alternatives. Palm oil is ubiquitous—it makes ice cream and oat milk creamier and shampoo foamy, …
Built together, these two technologies could reduce the energy costs of carbon capture and minimize the need for onshore pipelines. Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approved utility-scale offshore wind farms—74 turbines …
Carbon-removal technology is still in its nascent stages, but it could be crucial to avoiding the worst effects of climate change. Two centuries of burning fossil fuels has put more carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere than nature can remove. As that CO2 builds up, it traps …
Transportation leaders know they need to cut their emissions, but where to start? Data on how long their trucks idle, or where they can use EVs, can be the first step toward change. Investors, government regulators, and companies around the world are focused on sustainability in an effort to reduce …
With $35 million from PepsiCo, this new initiative wants to bring recycling capacity to where none exists—and expand the supply of recycled plastic. Only around half of Americans have easy access to curbside recycling. For some others, recycling might mean bringing old bottles and boxes to an …
‘As scientists who study and communicate the realities of climate change, we are consistently faced with a major and needless challenge: overcoming advertising and PR efforts by fossil fuel companies.’ The billions of dollars that fossil fuel companies have poured into advertising and PR campaigns …
It would cost a whopping $150 million to overhaul Chicago O’Hare, but it could save airlines almost $500 million in fuel costs. One of the most tedious parts of flying is waiting as the plane taxis before takeoff or after landing. But it’s much more than a time waste. It’s also a big source of …
Set in a low-lying area that’s home to a primarily Black community, the park can absorb 10 million gallons of stormwater. In the Vine City neighborhood outside of downtown Atlanta, a few city blocks faced a persistent threat. Filled with the modest homes of the neighborhood’s primarily Black …
