100% clean power? U.S. may be halfway there
Surveying the future in 2005, energy experts predicted a steady climb of carbon emissions from power plants over the next 15 years. Reality blew the...
The coast-to-coast battle over rooftop solar
A debate over how best to compensate rooftop solar owners is taking place across the country.
Research shows unplugged oil wells are exacerbating climate change
Amy Townsend-Small has been chasing methane her entire professional life. The quest has taken her from Southern California freeways to sewage plants to animal feedlots.
Projected surge of lightning spells more wildfire trouble for the Arctic
A major climate shift in the high north is sparking fires that can release huge amounts of greenhouse gases from tundra ecosystems, where fires have...
Decreasing your carbon footprint through abandoned farmland restoration
Different approaches to restoring abandoned farmland to carbon sinks include restoring native vegetation, establishing tree plantations, introducing livestock or implementing regenerative farming.
EPA administrator Michael Regan dismissed Trump appointees on advisory panels, saying he wants to restore scientific integrity
The Biden administration says it needs to restore trust in the agency by “resetting” membership on two key science advisory panels.
Fossil fuel industry does U-turn on carbon pricing
At virtual forum to launch review of federal oil and gas leases, one indigenous leader called the government program an ‘environmentally racist horror show’
A Biden Administration strategy: send in the scientists
Gavin Schmidt, a leading climate scientist, will fill a newly created job of climate adviser to NASA, in a prominent example of Biden’s pledge to...