A few years ago, environmental scientist Elliot Campbell went around asking people why they would, or would not, switch to an electric vehicle. A surprising...
Print article Share China has released a five-year plan dedicated to addressing climate change. The 15th five-year plan for a national response to climate change...
As another summer of extreme heat rumbles on, warnings about excess deaths, ageing infrastructure and potential food shortages are growing louder. So how well prepared...
While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime actionAs France and...
Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heatingThe human-driven climate crisis made the conditions that...
Florida reserves its deepest aid from a federal water fund for small towns, excluding bigger low-income communities.By Kate WaxmanBelle Glade is one of the poorest...
Renewables make up 70 percent of the state’s future electricity generation, outcompeting fossil fuels in the marketplace.By Arcelia MartinAs new electricity generation skews toward solar...
The city has made serious strides toward its long-term sustainability goals. But lawmakers and experts say political priorities keep crowding out climate discussions.By Daniel PerrinPHILADELPHIA—This...
Utah’s solar generation eclipsed all other electricity sources for the first time ever in May, the culmination of a slow but steady years-long shift away...
Ancient seafloor sediments have revealed a surprising twist in how the Atlantic’s massive circulation system works. During a cold period about 3.4 million years ago,...
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