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Exploring the Field of Environ Engineering: Safeguarding Our Planet for Future Generations

The Environmental Blog

Combining principles from various scientific disciplines, it addresses some of the most pressing challenges facing our planet, such as pollution, waste management, and climate change. Environmental engineers work on designing and implementing systems that reduce pollution, manage waste, and protect natural resources.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

States, cities, businesses, and organizations across the country are taking increasingly large steps to reduce emissions — and those efforts are aided by the falling costs of renewable energy and other decarbonizing technologies. Both Hawaiʻi and Guam have committed to using 100 percent renewable energy by 2045. Some go even further.

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This prefab tower was built using net-zero design principles

AGreenLiving

The urban design will use 100 percent clean electricity, and 10 percent of the area will be protected as permanent farmland. The prefabricated process serves to both reduce costs and make construction more efficient. Solar panels cover the roof of the building, which also serve as a way to heat the floors.