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Let’s settle the heated debate over your AC, once and for all.
Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
Greenhouse gas emissions might have already peaked. Now they need to fall — fast.
US solar power has more than doubled since the last eclipse. What will happen during this one?
Coal, oil, and natural gas producers have found their vision for a low-carbon world.
The world’s next big maritime catastrophe could involve sanctions-dodging rustbuckets.
Biden is not “waging war” on American energy. He’s boosting it.
In the age of electric vehicles, the hybrid is still a contender.
So, Biden paused LNG exports. Does this … fix climate change?
American energy needs are changing. So far, the US power grid has been able to keep you warm.
The justices are threatening to put themselves in charge of every single federal agency. They should resist that temptation.
Spolier: Cows.
Sorry, the beloved chef’s use of gas cooking was a gas industry sponcon.
Electric school buses are better for kids’ health. The propane industry has other ideas.
Cleaner, faster, cheaper — the aviation industry’s plan to decarbonize air travel, explained.
Clean hydrogen can be a lot dirtier than it seems, especially when the fossil fuel industry gets involved.
Despite record power demand, the grid largely avoided blackouts. Don’t take this for granted.
Geothermal’s “breakthrough,” and the challenges ahead, explained.
Companies like ConocoPhillips are banking on a future filled with oil.
This decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The superconductor frenzy, explained.
Can a country be a climate leader without nuclear power?
Small modular reactors might be the nuclear industry’s best hope for a renaissance.
A new report finds that pollution from wildfires, heat, and drought is making it harder to improve air quality.
One winner: Natural gas.
Biden hopes the third time is the charm for the first-ever regulations for power plant climate pollution.
We can’t truly switch to renewable energy without a breakthrough.
Time to approach your landlord or consider a window unit heat pump.
The growing oil and gas industry means more incidents like East Palestine.
The underrated way energy efficiency has made life better, and climate progress possible.
A celebrity chef is blaming the user — not the product — for any health concerns.
Exxon, BP, and the rest of the oil industry aren’t prepared for competition from renewables.
Democrats say climate change is a priority. The DNC platform dropped its demand to end subsidies to dirty energy.
The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.
Oil and gas companies were already facing structural problems before Covid-19 and are in long-term decline.
One man, some very old solar panels, and a law that looks a lot like part of the proposed US Green New Deal helped transform the way Germany gets its power.
Batteries were increasing carbon emissions (d’oh!), but new regulations and tech have fixed it.
Divestment is one of the fastest-growing movements in the fight against climate change. It’s only getting started.