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Taxing fossil fuels harder is one way to spur demand for domestic appliances that use electricity as an alternative, says ...

Dan Lambe is the Chief Executive of the Arbor Day Foundation, an organization founded in 1972. Under Dan’s leadership, the Foundation has grown to become the largest nonprofit membership organization ...

Large-scale heat pumps can be used for industrial processes like pasteurisation. Credit: Shutterstock When it comes to providing both heating and cooling for industrial processing plants, such as ...

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — It’s a little past 10 a.m. and the heat is already blazing on the outskirts of the Western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Sapnaben Chunara, a 30-year-old mother of three, has just ...

Data centers squander vast amounts of electricity, most of it as heat. The physical properties of diamond offer a potential ...

David Schechter is a national environmental correspondent and the host of "On the Dot with David Schechter," a guided journey to explore how we're changing the earth and earth is changing us. Senior ...

When blistering extreme heat gripped India’s capital this summer, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling under the burning sun to provide for his family. “The heat ...

Australian Defence Force personnel based in the Northern Territory are trialling a “first-of-its-kind” wearable heat risk ...

Preparing food and washing clothes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit or above can kill most germs. Here's what you need to know.