Mining raw materials, like nickel, for batteries harms the environment, and new mines are very difficult to get approved, so the search is on to recycle metals that have already come out of the earth
September 07, 2024
A coalition of 25 governors and the Biden administration are set to announce a pledge Thursday morning to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030
September 21, 2023
A community in Massachusetts is about to become one of the first in the U.S. to be heated with geothermal, or ground source heat pumps, that are connected to each other
June 03, 2024
A record 30% of global electricity was generated from renewables in 2023, according to a report released by Ember, a think tank based in London
May 07, 2024
The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for some 8% of global emissions each year
April 11, 2024
Wildfires raging in the Texas Panhandle have been growing at a staggering rate, resulting in widespread evacuations
February 28, 2024
As a powerful winter storm dumped deep snow in parts of the West on Monday, much of the central United States was unseasonably warm
February 26, 2024
Lab-created diamonds come with sparkling claims: that they are ethically made by machines running on renewable energy
February 13, 2024
Scrutiny over Taylor Swift’s travel in private jets has been bubbling up online, with people pointing out the planet-warming emissions that are let off with each flight
February 02, 2024
The Department of Energy is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain — the minerals and parts that go into batteries
November 15, 2023
The 12 months ending in October were the hottest ever recorded on Earth and likely the planet’s hottest 12-month period ever recorded, according to a report from the nonprofit science research group Climate Central
November 09, 2023
Climate change is increasing billion-dollar disasters, many of them from intensifying hurricanes
November 05, 2023
A business group that advocates for clean energy estimates that 403,000 jobs will be created by the 210 major energy projects announced since the Inflation Reduction Act took effect in mid-2022
November 01, 2023
Air conditioning has made life in many hot places possible, but the special fluids that make it work are extremely hazardous to the climate
October 13, 2023
Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration possible, but they are hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, the most notorious greenhouse gas
October 13, 2023
The Energy Department announced Friday a $325 million investment in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power
September 22, 2023
Multiple people shot along I-75 in southeastern Kentucky, authorities say
Police say active shooter in Kentucky left numerous people shot
Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
Pope Francis visit keenly awaited in deeply Catholic East Timor
Pope brings in a ton of humanitarian aid, toys to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery
North Korean leader emphasises importance of strengthening naval power
Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese says on social media that her historic rookie season is over due to injury
Cast of Ron Howard's "Eden" bonded during an arduous filming