Overview Ann Arbor Public Schools entered the electric-bus space early, launching a pilot in 2019 with four vehicles. That experiment has since been formalized into a districtwide replacement agenda covering a 131-bus fleet. The district’s published endpoint is full electrification by 2035, with a planned cadence of roughly 10–16 electric buses added each year. This...

Research, development and innovation are crucial for the health of the public and the health of the economy, in the UK and globally.  When the pause to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) was announced in September, I argued that investing in research culture was a sure bet. At the Wellcome Trust, we champion the people behind research and recognise their contributions underpin the UK’s entire R&D ecosystem.   In 2020, we surveyed 4,000 researchers around the world. The findings were stark. Three in...

The environmental nonprofit Greenpeace was under the microscope in a North Dakota trial this year. Now the organization is calling attention to the environmental impacts of the pipeline company that brought it to court and won a $345 million judgment.  A new report released Wednesday identifies oil spills, gas releases, air pollution and other incidents...