How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it
Rather than feeling guilty about cooling down in extreme heat, homeowners could boost power reliability and lay a welcome mat for more renewables.
June 11, 2025 • ~9 min
Why burning waste to power a giant greenhouse really could be a greener way of growing food
The proposed Rivenhall greenhouses could burn all household waste but the project must prove its low-carbon credentials to be more than just hot air.
June 10, 2025 • ~7 min
How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate
Some technologies could rapidly cut emissions, while others do little to fight climate change. The House bill favors the latter while nixing support for the former.
June 10, 2025 • ~10 min
How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
June 5, 2025 • ~10 min
A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture enough detail to see a golf ball from 25km away.
June 5, 2025 • ~6 min
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