To prevent catastrophic global warming, we need to leave fossils fuels in the ground By Ula Chrobak / Published September 10, 2021
This yellow floatie can churn the power of the sea into electricity By Rahul Rao / Published September 1, 2021
How publicly owned power could shape the future of clean energy By Angely Mercado / Published August 31, 2021
Oil-eating bacteria can survive in frigid Canadian waters By Angely Mercado / Published August 19, 2021
Methane is the greenhouse gas we can no longer afford to ignore By Sara Kiley Watson / Published August 17, 2021
The world’s worst conductor could be a game changer in the climate crisis By Rahul Rao / Published July 23, 2021
Rethinking our roofs, parking lots, and sidewalks could save money and lives By Angely Mercado / Published July 15, 2021
Everything to consider before buying a portable solar panel By Natalie Wallington / Published July 11, 2021
Videos show a surreal ‘eye of fire’ in the Gulf of Mexico after gas pipeline ruptures at sea By Rachel Feltman / Published July 3, 2021
Our go-to weapon against heatwaves? A dirty backup power source. By Angely Mercado / Published June 26, 2021
Power companies are lobbying to make rooftop solar more expensive By Ula Chrobak / Published June 25, 2021
Millions of acres in the Arctic refuge are off limits to drilling—for now By Sage Marshall/Field & Stream / Published June 7, 2021
Louisiana is making bold climate goals, but still wants its fossil fuels By Philip Kiefer / Published May 18, 2021
Offshore wind has huge potential. Here’s how it could change the US. By Ula Chrobak / Published May 6, 2021
Ultra-powerful X-rays are helping physicists understand Chernobyl By Rahul Rao / Published May 4, 2021
This century-old technology could be the key to unlocking America’s renewable energy future By James Dinneen / Published April 14, 2021
How Biden’s jobs plan will be put to work for the environment By Emily Cerf / Published April 13, 2021
Old fish bones could make the eco-friendly plastic we’ve been waiting for By Shaena Montanari / Published April 8, 2021
Chevron just got hit with an official greenwashing complaint. Here’s what that means. By Shaena Montanari / Published April 1, 2021
How one Western bird’s numbers went from abundant to alarmingly low By Benjamin Alva Polley/Field & Stream / Published April 1, 2021
Solar panels and water canals could form a real power couple in California By Shaena Montanari / Published March 25, 2021
Plane rides of the future could be fueled by table scraps By Shaena Montanari / Published March 16, 2021
10 years after Fukushima, outdated nuclear power plants are still the norm By Kurokawa & Meshkati/The Conversation / Published March 11, 2021
Oil and gas companies are making old pipelines the landowner’s problem By Kate Wheeling/Nexus Media / Published March 10, 2021
Companies may soon pay a higher price for emitting carbon. But will it be high enough? By Ramin Skibba/Undark / Published March 9, 2021
Gas stoves are bad for the environment—but what if the power goes out? By Sara Kiley Watson / Published March 5, 2021
A trip down the Ohio River reveals the oil and gas industry’s next big move By Teake Zuidema/Nexus Media News / Published February 23, 2021
4 sustainability experts on how they’d spend Elon Musk’s $100 million climate commitment By Sara Kiley Watson / Published February 16, 2021
5 famous environmental disasters where humans and nature healed together By Meera Subramanian / Published February 16, 2021
Keystone XL was supposed to be a green pipeline. What does that even mean? By Juliet Grable / Published February 5, 2021
At New York City’s biggest power plant, a switch to clean energy will help a neighborhood breathe easier By Andrew Blum / Published February 2, 2021
A lawsuit filed by children has forced 33 countries to rethink their climate goals By Jag Bhalla/Undark / Published January 5, 2021
Your retirement account can also help protect the planet By Ula Chrobak / Published December 31, 2020
The best portable batteries you can charge off the grid By PopSci Commerce Team / Published November 25, 2020
Drilling the Arctic refuge doesn’t make sense—but Trump wants it to happen anyway By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media News / Published November 24, 2020
In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ a Black community battles an industry that threatens its health—and history By Megan I. Gannon / Published November 17, 2020
What President-elect Biden could do for the environment in his first 100 days By Ula Chrobak / Published November 12, 2020
New satellites can pinpoint methane leaks to help us beat climate change By Paul Tullis / Published October 30, 2020
The pandemic could end Texas’s oil boom—and start something better By Justin Miller/Texas Observer / Published October 5, 2020
Gas explosions keep killing people, and the US government won’t step in By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media News / Published September 29, 2020
This giant Gulf of Mexico reef is a conservation success story—here’s why it’s thriving By Amal Ahmed/Texas Observer / Published September 8, 2020
Severe storms are increasingly leaving us without power. Microgrids can help. By Greta Moran / Published August 31, 2020
The Trump administration opened the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil companies—but none may bite By Scott L. Montgomery/The Conversation / Published August 26, 2020
California shut off power grids this week, but not because of clean energy By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media / Published August 21, 2020
Fossil fuel companies don’t have to clean up their methane emissions anymore By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media News / Published August 19, 2020
The US has more power outages than any other developed country. Here’s why. By Ula Chrobak / Published August 17, 2020
Citizens of Mauritius are cleaning up a major oil spill themselves By Hannah Seo / Published August 12, 2020
Activists have shut down two major fossil fuel pipelines—at least for now By Ula Chrobak / Published July 7, 2020
The US could shift to 90-percent renewable energy by 2035 at no extra cost By Jeremy Deaton/Nexus Media / Published June 10, 2020
The next era of space travel should include nuclear-powered rockets By Iain Boyd/The Conversation / Published May 27, 2020