Financial, legal and political bumps did not dent the global environmental services market for ENR’s Top 200 Environmental Firms, based on results reported in this year’s ranking.

Climate-focused groups warn that a second Donald Trump presidential term could set back by decades national targets to significantly cut carbon emissions.

Cutting carbon and hardening infrastructure both requires a revolution in how civil engineering is practiced, says veteran engineer and sustainability guru Bill Wallace.

Bill awaiting state Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature requires oil and gas companies to pay for project costs associated with climate change and climate resilience. 

With AI-driven modeling, flood projections and scenario plans can be set up quickly, allowing far more sensitivity and insight than a static projection can generate from historical data.

NASA-funded study by Virginia Tech scientists evaluates potential risks for flooding and deterioration of infrastructure in the eastern U.S.

Voting reps from nearly 200 nations at Dubai event ending Dec. 13 agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels—boosting renewables, nuclear energy and climate investment—but did not mandate specific actions to cut back traditional energy use.

The Loss and Damage fund for vulnerable nations now is operationalized, with initial funding commitments of more than $420 million. 

In densely populated cities surrounded on all sides by water—the borough of Manhattan in New York City as a prime example—the risks from sea level rise and climate change are not just hypotheticals; they are existential threats.

The funds are the second major tranche of funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program.