Energy & Science

Prices for industrial metals that already are sky high probably will continue to appreciate, study finds

Germany is building more LNG terminals to make up for the loss of Russian gas. In a few years, some of that infrastructure could be used to handle green fuels that power grids and heat homes.

Photos from Railroad Commission of Texas show a blowout on Big Cowboy pipeline.

Places with higher shares of people of color and lower incomes experienced, on average, a greater density of dangerous methane leaks from local pipeline systems.

Carbon Clean Solutions has built a modular unit that it hopes can lower the cost of capture to merely $30 a ton.

Record capacity gains will stabilize as raw material costs rise, the IEA says

People aren’t prepared for climate impacts, says Andrew Dessler, an atmospheric sciences professor at Texas A&M University. 

A modular reactor startup could flip the switch on a smaller nuclear plant that would help boost energy supplies and cut reliance on coal and gas. But making it work soon would require fast-tracking the approval process.

Japan's capital is joining governments globally in asking citizens to save power by unplugging energy-hungry appliances.

The owner of the biggest open-pit platinum mine asked equipment manufacturers and industry peers to help build the prototype, but no one was interested.

While a significant amount of coal projects have been canceled, a lack clarity means the dirtiest fossil fuel could still find support.

Researchers find the record amount of area burned was in line with historic rates and say officials should prioritize making fires less severe. 

To ditch fossil fuels for good, we must combine a range of technologies and approaches. 

Indian billionaire developed the Carmichael mine in Queensland amid fierce opposition from climate activists to global banks.  

Experts emphasize the importance of not making climate projections look worse than they already are.

Punishing temperatures in India and Pakistan climbed over two months, and scientists are now puzzling over a region whose climate dynamics are hard to predict.

U.S. regulators have been blind to lost gas from pipelines and storage tanks. A few companies are starting to look for the leaks.

Accelerating emissions may cause a catastrophe, but limiting temperature rise to 2° Celsius would reduce the risk by more than 70%, according to a study in the journal Science.

State and local governments stand to earn tens of millions of dollars from managing forests in ways that will deliver few new climate benefits, while corporations get to take credit for reducing emissions.

Annual forest-loss data from the World Resources Institute shows nations lagging far behind their 2030 pledges. 

Measures to reduce emissions critical for the climate fight have been knocked off track by the invasion of Ukraine, both inside Russia and around the world.

The fallout from a trade probe is rippling through the U.S. solar industry, delaying projects and threatening to slow the renewable energy transition. 

These leaders are in the vanguard of efforts to fight global warming. 

2021 was a year of extreme weather and natural disasters for the continent, from heat waves to flooding and droughts. 

The technologies it fosters treat capturing carbon as a societal, not just an industry, problem. 

He started the Honnold Foundation while living out of a van, deciding to focus on solar grants because it solves energy poverty in communities quickly and reliably. 

The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility claims the commodities trader is under-reporting methane emissions from some of its Australian coal mines.

Cheniere leads the way to prove it’s plugging methane leaks in hopes of new long-term contracts.

Rising installations of solar and wind power mean efforts to shift workers from coal mines to renewable energy are speeding up.

Countries forced to make hard choices about how to fuel their economies.