Sustainability

Upward Farms plans to build what will be the world’s largest vertical farm in Pennsylvania — and fish are going to fertilize its crops.

New biodegradable straws developed in China are as cheap as plastic, stronger than paper, and made from edible materials.

Cities across the U.S. are exploring less damaging rock salt alternatives — and beet juice is one of the most promising.

Interest in Earthships, a type of off-the-grid home built from old tires, is picking up as people look for ways to live more sustainably.

Almost all of the last wild forests will have to be destroyed to support the growth of coffee.

If they work, solar-powered cars could be great for the environment. Here's the startups working to make that happen.

UPSIDE Foods (formerly Memphis Meats) is offering consumers tours of “the world’s most advanced cultivated meat production facility.”

Your clothes are mostly plastic. These chemists have figured out how to recycle them.

An Elon Musk-funded XPrize competition has given teams of students $5 million to develop ideas for carbon removal systems.

The U.K is giving Rolls-Royce nearly $300 million to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) to increase its supply of clean energy.