Green Business Stories

Pollution and economic growth mostly move in sync. But some countries are bucking the trend

In a first, researchers use two decades of satellite data on pollution to show the potential to break the links between growth and emissions

First-of-its-kind solar tower brews jet fuel from water and CO2

Technology to make carbon-neutral kerosene has moved out of the lab and into a real-world demonstration, hinting at the future of solar jet fuels

Artificial Intelligence and Decarbonization

New experiments are pushing artificial intelligence and sensor networks into the grid—and into factories, data centers, and transit systems—in order to pull fossil fuels out.

Scientists take on food waste and fashion pollution—fabricating faux cotton and leather with fungi.

Bread-eating fungus spores produce natural fibers that can be treated to mimic cotton and leather, using far less water and energy than conventional materials.

Fly farming is a mini-livestock industry poised to get big

Nascent industrial-scale insect farms are starting to dot the globe, with big livestock-feed and pet-food players such as Cargill, Skretting, Bühler, and Purina getting into the game.

The Great Decoupling

The story of energy use, economic growth, and carbon emissions in four charts.

Fairer access to credit could speed net zero in Africa by a decade

Previous studies have ignored regional differences in capital costs and painted a too-rosy picture of green energy development in Africa and elsewhere