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Batteries that could help drive the switch to renewable energy are already, well, driving.
Are we paying for infrastructure we won’t need?
The world’s poorest countries are paying the price for a war they didn’t start.
Gas — and lots of others things — are still getting more expensive.
And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.
The Mideast energy truce is breaking down.
4 billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.
The spiraling conflict is a lifeline for Russia’s leader.
The Iran war shows yet again that US oil is still vulnerable to foreign shocks.
Around the world, energy is becoming abundant — there’s just one problem.
The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained.
The US has had a bad track record of building nuclear on time and on budget. But that could change.
2025 has felt brutal for climate policy in the US — but the bigger picture is surprisingly promising.
Trump debuts a new argument against wind power.
AI is causing electricity prices to surge. No one is happy about it.
The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too.
Imagine we had cheap and abundant energy. Some radical ideas are actually within our reach.
Rising power bills quietly shaped this year’s races — and gave Democrats a new attack line on climate.
Electric bills were already rising. AI data centers are making it worse.
Consumers are finally pushing back on AI-driven data expansion. Will it matter?
Clean energy expansion could destroy this crucial climate solution.
Here’s why you shouldn’t panic. Yet.
Informal recycling is deadly — and relatively simple to fix.
Environmental activist and writer Bill McKibben on why “you can’t stop the sun.”
Ford may just be building the electric vehicle we’ve all been waiting for.
A wild idea would treat carbon waste like cash. It could save the climate.
Trump’s EPA wants to claw back grants for a solar panel program.
And why it’s not getting cheaper any time soon.
The budget bill sabotages one of the biggest growth sectors of the US economy.
A completely necessary climate villain.
Fossil fuel sites can emit a powerful greenhouse gas long after they shut down.
The big, complicated race for critical minerals, explained.
Their messy split highlights some real fault lines in clean energy politics.
China may have met an important climate goal — ahead of schedule.
Why the Senate’s repeal of California’s gas car ban is such a big deal.
The administration’s attack on nature, explained by a dancing chicken.
The good news about global warming.
Why you need a battery-powered house.
Computing has a big energy appetite. What does that mean for our climate goals?