Nearly a million acres in the state have burned this year. One expert calls it ‘a new kind of wildfire era.’
As paper mills close, the state legislature is offering the industry a lifeline.
Jem Bendell predicted that society would collapse because of climate change. Then he tried to get on with his life.
Trump’s court losses give the beleaguered industry a chance to get back on stable footing.
Kate Marvel reflects on her fiery resignation: “I don’t think we rebuild science without getting mad.”
With "vehicle-to-grid" technology, EVs turn into a vast network of backup power. That could help stabilize the system and accelerate the adoption of renewables.
As backlash grows, a nationwide search is underway for solutions to the AI energy crunch.
Across Asia and Africa, the cooking gas shortage is emptying menus, driving people to coal and wood, and fueling a booming black market.
An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.
In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, there are painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.
Christine Peterson, High Country News
A group of climate-focused candidates is hoping to steer the Salt River Project toward clean energy. Turning Point USA stands in their way.
A federal auction undid a hard-won agreement to protect Alaska's North Slope. The Iñupiat community that fought for it is still waiting to be heard.
The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.
Amid drought and heat waves, April’s national wildfire forecast shows that nearly the entire Western U.S. will face an above-normal risk of wildfires at some point in the next four months.
Citing the Iran war, the administration let oil companies take actions that are likely to threaten an endangered whale.
Little bits of greenery are popping up in cities, making summers more bearable for urbanites.
But some school districts can’t afford to comply with requirements for special equipment or alternate practice schedules.
Neal Morton, The Hechinger Report
Renewables brought income to ranchers and tax revenue to counties long buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Policy changes in Washington and unease on the ground threaten that momentum.
As the planet traps more energy than it releases, the pathways for global food production are being upended.
Record-low snowpack and an early heat wave could mean a higher risk of drought and fire in coming months.