Environment

Ukraine’s nuclear power plants are at ‘unprecedented’ risk as fighting continues

By Justine Calma March 2

Bitcoin mining is ‘less green than ever’ after leaving China

By Justine Calma February 28

Seawalls alone won’t save coastal cities, major UN report says

By Justine Calma February 28

What does Russia’s invasion of Ukraine mean for Chernobyl?

By Justine Calma February 24

Firefighting strategies need an extreme makeover, UN warns

By Justine Calma February 23

How a high-tech twist on a 19th-century process could clean up steel and cement making

By Justine Calma February 22

Carbon capture tech is advancing in the wrong direction

By Justine Calma February 18

Satellite images show just how ridiculously high the Tonga volcanic plume rose

By Justine Calma February 17

Renewable energy growth in the US lags far behind Biden’s climate ambitions

By Justine Calma February 16

New federal guidelines could boost carbon capture in the US

By Justine Calma February 15

The EV boom is being fueled by underpaid, underfed cobalt miners

Workers at a Tesla supplier say they can’t get enough food or water on the job

By Maddie Stone February 15

Construction begins on New York’s first offshore wind farm

By Justine Calma February 14

US nuclear power plants contain dangerous counterfeit parts, report finds

By Justine Calma February 11

Engineers are building bridges with recycled wind turbine blades

By Maddie Stone February 11

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announces tens of millions in funding for climate tech

By Justine Calma February 10

Big Tech’s climate goals are weaker than they seem, report finds

By Justine Calma February 9

How the World Wildlife Fund tried — and failed — to create an eco-friendly NFT

By Justine Calma February 8

Emissions from new cars reach record low in the UK

By Justine Calma February 4

Texas power outages hit counties where people need electricity for medical devices

By Nicole Wetsman February 4

Offshore wind projects are outpacing the ships that build them

By Justine Calma February 3

A New York bill could bring more climate accountability to the fashion industry

By Jasmine Hicks February 3

In controversial move, EU says nuclear power and gas can be green investments

By Justine Calma February 2

Big Tech drove record clean energy purchases in 2021

By Justine Calma February 1

Federal court decision could slow oil industry efforts to store carbon in the Gulf of Mexico

By Justine Calma January 31

US lawmakers probe into crypto mining companies’ energy use

By Justine Calma January 28

Former Nuclear Regulatory Commission chair argues nuclear power isn’t a climate solution

By Justine Calma January 27

Tech giants call on SCOTUS to let EPA regulate CO2 emissions

By Justine Calma January 26

The climate solution in California’s compost and crops

By Justine Calma January 26

Giant iceberg releases 152 billion tons of fresh water around remote Atlantic island

By Jasmine Hicks January 24

PG&E’s criminal probation is ending, but the company remains a ‘menace to California’

By Justine Calma January 24

Congress weighs cleaning up cryptocurrency mining in the US

By Justine Calma January 20

The US has a new plan to confront its ‘wildfire crisis’

By Justine Calma January 18