
Brad Plumer
Former Senior Editor
Latest articles by Brad Plumer


This was the last obstacle standing in the way of the project.


A look at the new economics of Canada’s oil sands.


Nope, global warming hasn’t stopped.


But the GOP is likely to keep trying to fast-track approval of the controversial pipeline.


US cities, for instance, are many times brighter than similarly-sized German cities.


It’s all about supply and demand. Or rather, expected supply and demand.


Politicians tend to give shockingly wasteful defense programs a free pass.


The monarch population in North America has fallen as much as 90 percent.


The stories that dominated the headlines — like Keystone XL — may be less important than some little-noticed trends.


There are now just 99 reactors left in the United States — and more could close in the years ahead. That could be bad news for climate change.