Climate crisis

Clean energy

US climate goals: EVs are on track, but clean power is lagging

Clean Investment Monitor finds that EV sales are on target, but permitting and grid barriers are stalling the wind and solar growth needed to meet decarbonization goals.

By Jeff St. John . 21 February 2024
Guides and how-tos

Inside my quest for a climate-friendly bank

When I learned that my bank might be investing my money in fossil fuels, I went looking for an alternative. Here's how you can too.

By Pearl Marvell . 21 February 2024
Fossil fuels

EDF and Google partner to map global methane emissions from space

MethaneSat is one of the most ambitious attempts to measure the world’s massive methane problem. Its first satellite is scheduled to launch into orbit next month.

By Jeff St. John . 14 February 2024
Climate crisis

A new wave of startups is tackling a huge emissions source: wildfires

The growing field of "firetech" is reinventing the age-old practice of prescribed burns and devising other novel methods of preventing and suppressing fires.

By Eric Wesoff . 10 November 2023
Politics

Ohio's climate progress stymied by political ploys

Gerrymandering, voter suppression, dark money and other moves insulate policymakers from accountability when they prop up fossil fuels at the expense of clean energy.

By Kathiann M. Kowalski . 9 October 2023
Solar

He couldn't install solar at home, so he helps nonprofits do it instead

This solar champion shows community groups how to tap Inflation Reduction Act incentives so they can afford solar panels.

By Alison F. Takemura . 11 September 2023
Food and farms

Chemical fertilizer is a climate disaster. Can high-tech biology fix it?

Startup Pivot Bio has developed a smarter way to get nitrogen to crops, and it has a new CEO who aims to supercharge growth.

By Michael Grunwald . 29 August 2023
Utilities

Who pays when utilities get sued over wildfires?

With fire risk on the rise and neglected utility equipment sparking more deadly conflagrations, all electricity customers may be left holding the bag.

By Jake Bittle . 28 August 2023
Carbon capture

Ebb Carbon wants to pull CO2 from the sky with electricity and seawater

The California startup is operating a first-of-a-kind system at a Pacific coast lab to bring more scientific certainty to nascent ocean carbon removal.

By Maria Gallucci . 21 August 2023
Climate crisis

Chart: The US can't meet its climate goals unless states step up

But if the 24 states with aggressive emissions-reduction targets make good on their pledges, the country could get within striking distance of its 2030 commitment.

By Maria Virginia Olano . 18 August 2023