The Lost History Of Yellowstone
by Richard Grant: Debunking the myth that the great national park was a wilderness untouched by humans… […]
On Climate, Biden Must Do More Than Undo Trump’s Damage
by Andrea Thompson: The new administration cannot just go back to the future on carbon emissions… […]
GE’s Monster Wind Turbine Is Upending An Industry
By Stanley Reed: Twirling above a strip of land at the mouth of Rotterdam’s harbor is a wind turbine so large it is difficult to photograph… […]
‘This beautiful blue planet is our only home’: Dalai Lama makes a ‘climate appeal’ to the world
by Daisy Dunne: The Dalai Lama has made an appeal to the world to do more to tackle the climate crisis in a new book published today. […]
Almost Half Of Denmark’s Electricity In 2019 Came From Wind Power
by Starre Vartan: Denmark is only about half the size of South Carolina, but it produces more of its electricity from wind than any other country in the world… […]
The U.S. Is Building A Bike Trail That Runs Coast-To-Coast Across 12 States
by Natalie Marchant: The Great American Rail-Trail will be almost 6,000km when complete, and will serve 50 million people within 80km of the route… […]
A 16-Million-Year-Old Tree Tells A Deep Story Of The Passage Of Time
by Riley Black: The sequoia tree slab is an invitation to begin thinking about a vast timescale that includes everything from fossils of armored amoebas to the great Tyrannosaurus rex… […]
Jane Goodall: ‘Change Is Happening. There Are Many Ways To Start Moving In The Right Way’
by Jonathan Watts: Jane Goodall is a primatologist who is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on chimpanzees… […]
5 Easy New Year’s Resolutions For Gardeners
by Tom Oder: If you’re among the almost 50% of Americans who statistics show make New Year’s resolutions, be sure to remember gardening when setting your goals for a new year… […]
EIA: U.S. Renewables Consumption Surpasses Coal First Time In Modern Power Age
by (Renewable Energy World): U.S. renewable energy consumption in 2019 surpassed coal for the first time in 135 years, according to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA)… […]
All New Homes In Wales To Be Powered By Clean Energy From 2025
by Pamela Largue: The consultation proposals unveiled by Housing Minister, Julie James, are part of wider Welsh Government plans to address the climate emergency it declared last year… […]
Renewable Companies Team Up With Togo To Expand Solar-Powered Farming
by (Renewable Energy World): Bboxx and EDF announced that they have teamed up with SunCulture and the Togo government to expand access to solar-powered irrigation systems for farmers… […]
The New ‘Gold Rush’ For Green Lithium
by Catherine Early: Lithium is crucial for the transition to renewables, but mining it has been environmentally costly. Now a more sustainable source of lithium has been found deep beneath our feet… […]
For Young Californians, Climate Change Is A Mental Health Crisis Too
by Brian Contreras: Maddie Cole in eighth grade stopped running cross country. She’d competed the year before, but the air quality in her native Sacramento was so bad that she got sick during a race; [...]
The Batteries That Could Make Fossil Fuels Obsolete
by Cheryl Katz: The twin smokestacks of the Moss Landing Power Plant tower over Monterey Bay… […]
QuantumScape’s New Solid-State Battery Is Twice As Energy-Dense As Lithium-Ion
By Edd Gent: The biggest barriers to widespread adoption of electric vehicles are their limited range and long charging times compared to gasoline cars… […]
2020 Was The Year Clean Energy Started To Beat Big Oil
by Tim McDonnell: For the last century, the biggest, most powerful companies in the global energy market have been oil and gas producers… […]
The real cure for COVID is renewing our fractured relationship with the planet
James Maskalyk is an emergency physician, associate professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine […]
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission
By Jason Dorrier: A famous image of inventor Nikola Tesla shows him casually sitting on a chair, legs crossed, taking notes—oblivious to […]
Improving Energy Storage Will Be Crucial To A Smooth Energy Transition
by Jason Goodhand: Many future power systems will be governed by variable and intermittent generation from renewables… […]
Stimulus Deal Includes Raft Of Provisions To Fight Climate Change
by Sarah Kaplan and Dino Grandoni: The most substantial federal investment in green technology in a decade includes billions for solar, wind, battery storage and carbon capture… […]
Embracing Indigenous Wisdom Of Land & Spirit: An Interview With Indigenous Activist Lyla June
by Ocean Robbins: Welcome to Food Revolution Conversations… […]
Roaring Into 2021 With The Energy Policies That Matter
by Jemma King:For many, 2020 has been the worst year in living memory. But, amidst the doom and gloom, there have been positive news stories relating to energy and the environment… […]
Solving The Climate Crisis: Five Areas That Could Make A Difference
by (Bank of America): For the future of the world’s economies and the people who live in them, climate change can no longer be ignored—and investors may have a role to play… […]
Al Gore: Where Do I Find Hope
by Al Gore: The Biden administration will have the opportunity to restore confidence in America and take on the worsening climate crisis… […]
How To Build A Zero-Carbon Skyscraper
by Adele Peters: Wooden skyscrapers help sequester a lot of carbon, but they run into problems when they get too tall. This concept design minimizes the footprint but still gets to 105 stories… […]
These Underwater Ruins Are Known As Japan’s Atlantis
by Sophie Roberts: When divers went looking for hammerhead sharks in the Pacific Ocean they never expected to stumble across these incredible underwater ruins… […]
New Super-Enzyme Eats Plastic Bottles Six Times Faster
by Damian Carrington: Breakthrough that builds on plastic-eating bugs first discovered by Japan in 2016 promises to enable full recycling… […]
Why The Price Of New Solar Electricity Fell An Incredible 89% In The Last Decade
by Jason Dorrier: In 1956, an early demonstration of solar photovoltaics produced a watt of energy for the modest price of an inflation-adjusted $1,865… […]
The Fastest Road Car In The World Revealed – And It’s Electric
by Russell Hotten: It’s the most powerful street-legal car ever to come out of Italy. And when your competitors include Ferrari and Lamborghini, that’s some badge of honor… […]
David Attenborough: Climate Change Must Not Be Ignored Even During A Pandemic
by Jeremy Blum: Environmental activists Attenborough and Greta Thunberg spoke together during a recent panel and had much in common, despite being 77 years apart… […]
Biden’s Charging Plan Could Sell 25 Million EVs
by Kyle Stock: The president-elect wants to install 500,000 charging stations, but he’ll have to persuade Congress to plug in first… […]
Hyperloop Hopes Perk Back Up With Branson Challenger’s R&D Deals
by Tara Patel: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc. said by the end of this decade it could be rolling out a commercial version of the high-speed transport concept envisioned by Elon Musk… […]
Hybrids Are Quietly Selling Faster Than Fully Electric Cars
by River Davis: Hybrid cars are seeing a quiet resurgence as the boom in electric vehicles spurs automakers to give the older, cheaper technology a second look… […]
Why We Must Unlock Energy’s DNA To Enable A Green Transition
by Kelvin Ross: Europe can emerge from the coronavirus pandemic with a significantly clearer pathway to a net-zero future if it takes the right actions now… […]
The Headlines That Britain Never Thought It Would See: The UK To Be 100% Powered By Renewables
by Jemma King: When Boris Johnson led the Conservative party to a landslide victory in December 2019, many across the renewables sector braced themselves for a difficult immediate future… […]
Are Tides And Waves The Missing Piece Of The Green Energy Puzzle?
by Alexander C. Kaufman: Solar and wind are energy powerhouses until the sky is dark or the air is still. An ancient source of energy — the tides — could soon offer a predictable alternative… [...]
The World’s Largest Wetlands Are On Fire.
by Ivana Kottasová: That’s a disaster for all of us… […]
Renewable Energy Could Power The World By 2050.
by Johnny Wood: What would a more sustainable world powered by renewable energy look like? We have a better sense, thanks to a special collection of research from experts from around the globe… […]
10 questions For Goodyear’s CTO
by Katie Fehrenbacher: In the rapidly changing world of transportation — as vehicles get batteries and start driving themselves — not many think about the humble tire… […]
New Reactor Design Could Produce First Ever Energy-Positive Fusion Reaction
by Edd Gent: Nuclear fusion has gone from a scientists’ pipe dream to a technology attracting serious investment… […]
Awaken Interviews Chip Comins Pt 2 – The Sacred Feminine
Donna Quesada: We have spoken on Awaken a lot about the masculine “running amok.” […]
Awaken Interviews Chip Comins Founder of the American Renewable Energy Institute Pt 1
Donna Quesada: Well thank you again…I know David has already thanked you, but we really appreciate you sharing your time with us and with the Awaken community. […]
The Botanist Daring to Ask: What If Plants Have Personalities?
by Zoe Schlanger: The Valentine ecological study area in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., is situated in the caldera of an ancient volcano 8,000 feet above sea level… […]
A Plan For ‘Lithium Valley’ Begins To Take Shape
by Katie Fehrenbacher: While California is accelerating toward an electric vehicle future — in part thanks to the new gas car sales ban — it’s also got a potentially massive, and still totally untapped, EV [...]