“We’re looking to deal with extended drought and the increasing intensity of wildfires.”
The $35 billion nuclear project is an investment in the future or a cautionary tale, depending whom you ask.
Acidifying oceans are leading to sensory loss in fish. Scientists fear people might be next.
Per the Department of Energy, 10 percent of electricity could be generated by geothermal systems by 2050.
Oliver Milman, The Guardian
If electric cars are the future, people with disabilities need to drive them.
Julia Métraux, Mother Jones
When an eclipse blocks out the sun, we get a glimpse of how our grid uses fossil fuels to compensate — and a future where it won't have to.
The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit.
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations.
Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.
As the iconic scientist and activist celebrates her 90th birthday, her message for younger generations is one of hope — and not fearing the next adventure.
Nearly a quarter of the nation's grid now runs on renewables, bringing the country closer to its climate goals.
Documents show how federal paperwork delayed the state’s recovery from Hurricane Florence and left low-income renters in the lurch.
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.
“I don’t think money is going to solve it. But I also feel like we do have a responsibility to ensure that we are taking care of the people who are working for all of us.”
Delivery trucks, school buses, and other short-haul vehicles will electrify much faster than big rigs, easing air pollution in urban neighborhoods.
Three Pacific nations signed treaties with the U.S. Then Congress changed the rules.
Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.
Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune
Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa, and elsewhere, experts say.
Bennet Goldstein, Wisconsin Watch
Federal incentives for clean energy are struggling to overcome old-school planning.