After Hurricane Maria, battery companies like Tesla and Sonnen helped set up alternate power systems across the island. Now that the island is without power again, they are showing a way forward instead of counting on the Puerto Rico’s beleaguered utility. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreSeeing painful events as signs that we’ve lost our way misses the point. The truth is, we are less lost now than when we were comfortable. REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL
Read MoreNordic countries have led a shift towards hybrid and electric power. The first fully-electric car ferry was launched in Norway a few years ago, and the operator Norled is now developing, what it claims will be the world's first hydrogen-fuelled ferry. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe human toll from coal-fired pollution in America has been laid bare by a study that has found more than 26,000 lives were saved in the US in just a decade due to the shift from coal to gas for electricity generation. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreYork, England, population 150,000, plans to eliminate cars from its city center by 2023, while shifting to electric buses, launching an on-demand shuttle service, and adding new bike lanes. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe terrible paradox of the civil-rights movement is that outlawing racial discrimination made it harder to remediate its effects. Once we amended the Constitution and passed laws to protect people of colour from being treated differently in ways that were harmful to them, the government had trouble enacting programs that treat people of colour differently in ways that might be beneficial. THE NEW YORKER
Read MoreDoctors have delivered the first baby in North America to be conceived after a womb transplant from a dead donor. The girl was born by Caesarean section at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio as part of clinical trials for womb transplants to treat uterine factor infertility. EVENING STANDARD
Read MoreFor thousands of years, the Indigenous people of Australia set fire to the land. Long before Australia was invaded and colonised by Europeans, fire management techniques - known as "cultural burns" - were being practised. BBC NEWS
Read MoreA new study found the effects on inequality from lowering global temperature via limiting the sun that reaches the Earth could be massive. But can we get those same effects simply by reducing carbon emissions in a less risky way? FAST COMPANY
Read MoreLondon's mayor launched a green energy company that will provide "fair-priced" electricity from renewable sources on Monday, seeking to reduce carbon emissions and make fuel more affordable. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION
Read MoreIt is a feat that built on the work of scientists in multiple countries on three continents who toiled in obscurity for years. And it ensured that when future outbreaks strike, health workers have a crucial new tool at their disposal. STAT
Read MoreDrug companies are courting jails and judges through sophisticated marketing efforts. THE ATLANTIC
Read MoreThe BBC's weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Mette Lykke, co-founder of fitness tracker Endomondo, and chief executive of food waste app, Too Good To Go. BBC NEWS
Read MoreA growing wave of clean-air activists — including a group called the "Scary Mums," environmental lawyers, tech entrepreneurs and even foreign embassies — is using new sources of pollution data to pressure the government to take action. NPR
Read MoreI’ve never thought we should stop having children. But I will have to teach our son to wonder at the world before he learns to fear for it. THE ATLANTIC
Read MoreOpened in October, The Wave is the first wave pool in the UK painstakingly crafted with people with disabilities in mind: smooth access ramps, dedicated changing facilities, beach wheelchairs and specially trained surf coaches are among its features. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreCircuit’s fleet of 140 electric cars across the U.S. caters to commuters and mall-goers while employing 150 full-time workers–and getting paid by cities. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreThe northernmost Orkney island, North Ronaldsay, is home to just 50 people and 2,000 sheep. Since the 19th Century, when islanders built a stone wall to confine the flock to the shoreline, it has survived on seaweed alone - and it now seems that this special diet could hold the key to greener, more climate-friendly livestock farming. BBC NEWS
Read MoreIn Bangladesh the climate crisis is so palpable that the debate is not about restricting carbon emissions or preventing global warming but about how to adapt to the change and survive in times of unpredictable weather. Farmers in delta lowlands are discovering innovative answers to floods and storms. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreLocals say that after years of government corruption and soaring crime, they are better off managing public resources themselves. PLACE
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