Food and farms
Biofuels are accelerating the food crisis — and the climate crisis, too
It’s crazy to put more food in our fuel tanks when there’s a war on. Or when there isn’t.
Land use
Land use
Climatetech’s surprising bottleneck: Land access
How geography, landscape and the rights to physical spaces could hinder key climate technologies.
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Carbon capture
Carbon storage gets dirty: The movement to sequester CO2 in soils
U.N. climate report promotes soil as a tool to reduce emissions, but scientists are still figuring out how it works.
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Geothermal
Geothermal startup Quaise raises $40M for ultra-deep drilling
The MIT spinoff wants to unleash the vast geothermal resources today's technologies can't reach.
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Energy storage
How NineDot Energy will use $100M to install distributed batteries in NYC
Investment from private equity firm Carlyle could put the startup’s battery parks on the map — if it can navigate a complex urban energy market.
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This data-driven banana farm in Australia is embracing climate-friendly agriculture
From solar-powered sensors to AI modeling, Bartle Frere Bananas pairs age-old practices with cutting-edge tools.
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Geothermal
Geothermal project hits roadblock in Nevada, but sector poised to surge nationwide
Judge pauses project over tribal and environmental concerns. Still, technical advances and the huge need for 24/7 renewable power mean geothermal has bright prospects.
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Solar
How to turn trash into treasure: Put solar panels over landfills
Building solar on closed landfills can add costs and complications, but it could bring gigawatts of clean energy to underserved communities, a new report says.
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Opinion
Earth to Glasgow: Biodiversity is fundamental to a healthy climate
All eyes are on the climate COP, but there's an equally critical biodiversity COP process.
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Batteries
Newsletter: A play-by-play from the frontlines of Hawaii's race to replace coal
Plus, a new twist on our newsletter.
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EV charging
New York City needs a lot of EV chargers. How can its power grid support them all?
Startup Revel's Brooklyn superhub is the first of many charging centers NYC will need to meet its EV goals. Can it be replicated at scale?
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