How NJ lost its lead on offshore wind.

Gov. Chris Christie signed the Offshore Wind Economic Development Act in August 2010. The policies were never enacted. Office of Information Technologies/State of New...

Finland works, quietly, to bury its nuclear reactor waste.

By HENRY FOUNTAINJune 9, 2017OLKILUOTO ISLAND, Finland — Beneath a forested patch of land on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the bottom of a steep tunnel...

To slow climate change, India joins the renewable energy revolution.

On June 3, two days after President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Climate action opposites: Canada vs United Kingdom.

Two nations. Opposite tactics, opposite results. As the United Kingdom racks up climate wins, Canada might want to be taking notes. Consider how divergent our...

California hones drinking water affordability plan.

State considers four options as it designs nation’s first statewide affordability program. Juan Diego Hernandez, 9, bathes at his family’s home in Alpaugh, California. The...

Virginia Tech team’s software fills important niche in building efficiency.

Software developed by a Virginia Tech team that can cut energy use by small and medium-sized commercial buildings is gaining traction in the private...

California’s Delta poised to become massive carbon bank.

There’s a time bomb ticking in California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The largest estuary on the West Coast of the Americas, the Delta is a network of...

US bucks trend amid increases for clean energy research.

Energy ministers from around the world gathered in Beijing this week to report increased spending to help counter climate change. Yet one prominent voice,...

Demo plant produces renewable fuel from carbon dioxide captured from the air

The unique Soletair demo plant developed in Finland uses carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. The aim of the project is to...

Why microplastic debris may be the next big threat to our seas

More than five trillion pieces of plastic debris are estimated to be in our oceans, though many are impossible to see with the naked...

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