
Brad Plumer
Former Senior Editor
Latest articles by Brad Plumer


Air travel is one of the most carbon-intensive activities around. Here’s how to clean it up.


Mosquitoes keep infecting us with Zika. Maybe we should infect them right back.


One of the big reasons for solar’s spread: It’s viral.


If you want to figure out where endangered species live, just look at the clouds above.


The oil and gas industry really dislikes the term. Here’s how it became so widespread.


We’ve discovered dozens of new species, unearthed tantalizing fossils — and also learned some unnerving news about our future.


Here’s a remarkable fact: Not a single person has died using bike share in the US.


Here’s why self-driving cars may be further away than we think.


Boosting housing density even modestly would save much, much more CO2 than all these new solar panels.


Two experts argue that we’re thinking about solar costs all wrong.
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