Articles for: environment

by Andrew S. Lewis: Sparked by the 1970s environmental movement, the Clean Water Act —...

By Andew Herrig: According to a new report, worldwide employment in renewable energy reached 12.7...

by Charles Q. Choi: Next-generation towerless turbines are lightweight, more efficient, and cheaper…

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by Alexander C. Kaufman: The famed teenage activist wades into one of Germany’s fiercest debates…

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Water is California’s most precious commodity these days, as the state endures a drought that...

bySimon Thibault: It could feed a ballooning population and help the environment, but that may...

by Heidi Spear: Following our own dharma takes courage…

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by Fred Pearce: High-profile initiatives to plant millions of trees are being touted by governments...

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage technology company, said it is planning a...

by Nadia Lopez: California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s last-minute legislative plan for tackling the climate crisis...

by Lena Schmidt: As the fun, sun, and play of summer winds down, it can...

by Carly Cassela: Based on its market share, the world’s most notorious cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, results...

by Clara Nugent: In the early years of World War II, when Jane Goodall was...

by Marianne Guenot: Lakes appearing in Alaska because of melting permafrost are “belching” methane into...

by Moniyra Roughan: The oceans absorb more than 90 percent of all extra heat trapped...

by Adele Peters: Running Tide grows kelp, which sucks carbon from the atmosphere. Then it...

by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Though it’s still a controversial technology, direct air capture—also called carbon...

by Jim Robbins: As carbon dioxide levels rise and the Earth’s poles warm, researchers are...

by Vanessa Bates Ramirez: Even as more offshore wind projects launch and the turbines they...

by Fred Pearce: The demand for lithium for EV batteries is driving a mining boom...

by John Timmer: It’s often cheaper to build and run solar than to buy gas...

by Pete McBride: Water woes threaten America’s second largest reservoir—but leave new vistas in their...

by Evan Nex: September may mark the first time plug-in vehicle registrations will reach one...

In an effort to add more electric vehicles to its fleet, Uber has rolled out...