In a road map for rebuilding infrastructure, the reports outlined nearly a billion dollars in projects through 2033, including more than $650 million for electrical undergrounding and $150 million for water system upgrades.Continue Reading
Climate Jobs New Jersey will follow a Cornell University blueprint to tackle climate change, curtail state emissions, create high-quality union jobs and reduce electricity costs. By Raeanne Raccagno Standing inside the New Jersey Statehouse last month, Claudia Mutzus wore a T-shirt from the Service Employees International Union and held aContinue Reading
The world has “entered the age of clean energy” and renewables are now the cheapest, fastest and safest source of new electricity almost everywhere, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message to the International Energy Agency ministerial meeting in Paris on Wednesday.Continue Reading
The world has moved beyond a water crisis and into a state of global water bankruptcy, says a new flagship report released on Tuesday by UN researchers.Continue Reading
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NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft stand vertical on mobile launcher 1 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist ChristinaContinue Reading
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A new study underscores growing unease about pollution from mostly unregulated commercial space activities. By Bob Berwyn New research published Thursday bolsters growing concerns that a handful of companies and countries are using the global atmospheric commons as a dumping ground for potentially toxic and climate-altering industrial waste byproducts fromContinue Reading
A major breakthrough could help save the world’s bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact genetic region in a wild banana that provides resistance to Fusarium wilt Subtropical Race 4 — a destructive strain that threatens Cavendish bananas worldwide. While this wild banana isn’t edible, the discoveryContinue Reading
Rory Barton-Grimley Research Scientist, Lidar Sciences Branch, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center About Dr. Rory Barton-Grimley currently serves as a Research Scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center in the Lidar Science Branch. He is associated with the High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Lidar PathfinderContinue Reading
3 min read NASA Investigates How People Respond to Air Taxi Noise This artist’s concept shows several advanced air mobility aircraft concepts staged for a medical transport. NASA’s recent aircraft noise study included sounds from multiple types of advanced air mobility concept aircraft. NASA/Lillian Gipson New kinds of aircraft takingContinue Reading
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on July 3, 2024. This view is from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the port adjacentContinue Reading
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir enters the International Space Station after docking aboard the Dragon spacecraft on Feb. 14, 2026, to join Expedition 74 and begin a long-duration microgravity research mission. NASA/Chris Williams Relaxation, exercise, and biomedical studies were the key research objectives for the Expedition 74 crew on Thursday asContinue Reading