On Interior corruption, Uber’s Rivian bet, and Seattle's light rail Current conditions: Phoenix just marked its earliest day of temperatures eclipsing …
Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz carry around 20% of the world’s supply. But for countries on the Persian Gulf, the waterway is more than just an energy route – it’s a lifeline for more than 100 million people. Now, as the United States and Israel’s war with …
Bayer executives had warned for years that the company was on the brink of pulling its weedkiller Roundup from the U.S. market. But when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in May released the first Make America Healthy Again report, blaming the chemical for Americans’ health problems in an …
An unprecedented heat wave in the West broke the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. It’s an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast it’s happening. Yuma, Arizona, hit 109 degrees on Friday afternoon, which broke the national …
Trump once called renewable energy a ‘scam’. Will the war on Iran make him change his mind? Donald Trump’s crusade to steer the US away from renewable …
Cities around the world are clearing their billboards of ads for flights, cruise ships and petrol cars in an effort to reduce planet-warming gases. Amsterdam is the latest city to join the movement, becoming the first capital in the world to approve a legal ban on fossil fuel advertising. Dutch …
The Mideast energy truce is breaking down. The Trump administration’s rhetoric on the war in Iran tends to be heavy on words like “lethality” and “obliteration,” so it was notable that the president seemed almost apologetic on Wednesday, when discussing an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas …
A startup is transforming polluted air into apparel. It might not seem like it when you nonchalantly click a Buy Now button while online shopping, but that new t-shirt is part of a complex global web of commerce taking a toll on the environment. Consulting giant McKinsey estimates that the fashion …
Writing in the late eighteenth century, French economist François Quesnay famously put forward his tableau économique, according to which agriculture …
The most destructive wildfires in Southern California history. The region’s wettest holiday season. The hottest March heat wave on record. In the last 15 months, the Southland has seen a trio of extreme weather events, and UC climate scientist Daniel Swain says there’s one clear through-line …
The Trump administration revoked a key scientific finding that formed the basis for regulations to address climate change. A group of 23 states have filed a legal petition against a decision under United States President Donald Trump to revoke a scientific finding that formed the basis for …
The proposal, currently being considered by the Legislature during budget talks, would put off regulations for enforcing the law until 2030. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday moved to alter and delay the implementation of New York State’s landmark 2019 climate law, which calls for gradually decreasing …
The US needs a lot more electricity fast, and one company thinks robots can help build it quicker. Berkeley, California-based Terabase Energy says its next-gen Terafab automated solar construction system has finished field testing and is now ready to ship commercially. Terafab V2 brings autonomous …