Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to tackle the surging problem of plastic pollution
August 19, 2024
The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear reactors to supply carbon-free electricity
August 09, 2024
The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $2.2 billion in funding for eight projects across 18 states to strengthen the electrical grid against increasing extreme weather, advance the transition to cleaner electricity and meet a growing demand for power
August 06, 2024
NASCAR has unveiled its first electric racecar in Chicago
July 06, 2024
One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and just hit a milestone
June 25, 2024
Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated
June 10, 2024
Nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings
April 30, 2024
For the first time, negotiators from most of the world’s nations are discussing actual text for what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution
April 29, 2024
Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the Canadian city of Ottawa this week to craft a treaty to end the rapidly escalating problem of plastic pollution
April 23, 2024
The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station
April 02, 2024
In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not
March 15, 2024
America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms
March 14, 2024
The shattering of global annual heat records last year is prompting people to ask: what can be done
January 09, 2024
For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms
January 03, 2024
Off the coast of eastern Long Island, an 800-foot tall turbine has begun sending electricity onto the U.S. grid from what’s set to be the country’s first commercial offshore wind farm
December 06, 2023
The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, while in Dubai for U.N. climate talks
December 05, 2023
Google announced Tuesday that an advanced geothermal project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada electric grid to feed Google data centers there
November 28, 2023
Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years
Pope to bring in a ton of humanitarian aid 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
Anderson .Paak's 'K-Pops' draws on an identity rooted in two cultures
Canada beats United States in U.S. for first time since 1957, winning friendly 2-1