Brad Plumer
Former Senior Editor
Latest articles by Brad Plumer
Critics worry that the trade is helping to spur violent land grabs in places like Ethiopia or Cambodia.
Lots of people are asking this question in the wake of the Amtrak crash. Some experts are skeptical they’d help.
It all comes down to feelings of control, psychologists say.
Lake Mead, a crucial reservoir near Las Vegas, is at record lows — and Arizona could soon face cuts to its water supply.
Alberta is at the center of the controversy over Keystone XL. And suddenly there’s a new left-wing government promising changes to the oil industry.
A look at how Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush could expand — or dismantle — Obama’s big EPA rules for carbon dioxide.
The company’s new home batteries could give a huge boost to solar power — or even help people go off the grid.
An alarming new study finds that up to 1 in 6 plant and animal species could go extinct in the future, thanks to global warming.