The structural system can account for as much as 62% of the embodied carbon associated with the production of an office building and 51% of a hospital or a school. Graphic courtesy S. C. Kaethner, J.

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The Biden administration is aiming to triple U.S. nuclear energy capacity from 2020 over the next two decades, according to a new plan released in the waning months of the president's term. As of 2020 ...

RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy today announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve ...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Thursday called for cutting agriculture's environmental footprint in half by 2050 and also said that carbon pricing could encourage farmers to reduce greenhouse ...

After spending millions of dollars to quash a renewable energy ballot initiative just two years ago, Arizona’s biggest electricity provider announced Wednesday that it will seek to produce all of its ...

BP PLC, under new leadership, has set an ambitious plan to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from the oil and gas it produces by 2050. It’s only the latest of major oil and broader industry ...

TOKYO — Japan will achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared Monday in his first policy speech as leader, outlining an ambitious agenda as the country struggles to ...

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