Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Picture yourself in a windswept forest. Leaves are rustling and trunks are creaking ...

Picture yourself in a wind-swept forest. Leaves are rustling and trunks are creaking as trees sway to and fro. This oscillation might seem precarious, but it’s actually an ancient adaptation: If pines ...

Typically, when you want to build a high rise, you need iron, steel, cement, concrete; materials that are super strong and durable but also come with a high carbon footprint. Now, some builders are ...

The five-story building at 1265 Borregas Ave. is made almost exclusively of mass timber. Designed by Michael Green Architecture, the structure took 14 weeks to assemble after the foundation was poured ...