Hawaii imports much of its fuel — and pays the price. From solar to geothermal, the state is searching for a way out of fossil fuel dependence.
Solutions
How Vicky Hernandez and her customers at the Buckshot Deli & Diner in Niland view plans to turn Imperial Valley into a green energy hub.
Some will question its credibility — but the alternative future to the one imagined in the World Justice Report is far more bleak.
Our plan is radical — but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab.
Lawmakers in New York wanted to lead the energy transition, but Governor Kathy Hochul is worried about the cost of ditching natural gas.
A mining company sent an advanced ship to try to pluck valuable minerals from the deep ocean. Here’s how it worked.
Led by New York, the attorneys general argue that the administration’s agreement to reimburse the energy giant for abandoning its offshore wind leases is illegal.
Providing affordable clean energy to Europeans has become an “absolute obstacle course” due to the continent’s congested grid.
Lithium in old batteries. Cobalt in discarded electronics. The rare earths in retired wind turbines. A landmark EU-funded study finds these buried materials could supply over half of what the clean energy economy will need.
The lawsuit argues that it is illegal to pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies $795 million to cancel a planned wind farm off New York.
Novel forms of CO2 removal must expand at ‘highly ambitious rates’ if the world is to limit global heating to 1.5C, says study.
Gov. Bob Ferguson is rejecting a lead Republican’s proposal to temporarily suspend Washington’s cap-and-trade program to decrease prices at the pump.
Electric vehicle insurance costs an average of 42 percent more than it does for other cars, in part because of their complexity.
Misinformation about renewable energy fuels local pushback to proposed energy installations and could threaten farmers’ livelihoods.
Electric vehicles have taken off in Ethiopia. Key to the shift: a world-first ban on importing fossil fuel-powered vehicles.
Investing in renewables has ensured greater energy security at a moment when the war on Iran is destabilizing supplies and forcing up costs.
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies.
The regulation would have required all publicly traded companies to disclose whether they faced significant risks from climate change and its effects.
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