
Umair Irfan
Former correspondent
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Tuesday’s Google Doodle honors the pioneering biochemist and Nobel Laureate.


More than 43 percent of Puerto Ricans still don’t have power, and some may not get it until May.


The Thomas Fire has burned 282,000 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.


The frigid weather is increasing energy use, but trading is helping utilities meet power demand


Scott Pruitt’s initiative undoes a key framework for states to cut their emissions.


The news that lifted our existential dread.


After nearly 40 years, Congress will grant permission to extract oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.


Scientists found ice melt runoff in a section of Greenland suddenly surged as the climate changed.


Lawmakers from states where wind and solar energy are booming want to preserve tax breaks for these industries.


Scientists don’t see a strong climate trend in the ongoing fires around Los Angeles.