Energy

New Orleans needs a better backup plan for blackouts

By Justine Calma September 1

Go read the harrowing story of the world’s first CO2 pipeline explosion

By Justine Calma August 26

Rising electricity demand is keeping coal alive

By Justine Calma August 25

Battery power capacity in the US grew big time in 2020

By Justine Calma August 19

Bill Gates wants in on Congress’ big climate infrastructure push

By Justine Calma August 12

Reconciliation could create a new kind of climate job

By Justine Calma August 4

The infrastructure deal could create pipelines for captured CO2

By Justine Calma August 3

A Tesla Megapack burst into flames at ‘Victorian Big Battery’

By Justine Calma July 30

One of the biggest myths about EVs is busted in new study

By Justine Calma July 21

European Union proposes roadmap for slashing greenhouse gas emissions

By Justine Calma July 14

Microsoft is changing the way it buys renewable energy

By Justine Calma July 14

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California’s power grid has a big drought problem

By Justine Calma July 12

America used fewer fossil fuels in 2020 than it has in three decades

By Justine Calma July 6

PSA: If you enrolled in an energy saver program, your smart thermostat may adjust itself

By Kim Lyons June 20

The Hoover Dam reservoir is at an all-time low

By Justine Calma June 10

Say goodbye to the Keystone XL pipeline, for real this time

By Justine Calma June 9

The US wants to fix its broken lithium battery supply chain

By Justine Calma June 8

CO2 levels are at an all-time high — again

By Justine Calma June 7

Oil and gas leases suspended in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Justine Calma June 1

The places paving the way to 100 percent renewable energy

Burlington, Vermont has been running on renewable electricity since 2014

By Justine Calma May 28

A company wants to build a massive solar project in Montana — of course it’s for crypto

By Mitchell Clark May 27

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Go read this investigation into the real death toll from the Texas freeze

By Justine Calma May 27

Big Oil and Gas had a no good, very bad day

By Justine Calma May 26

More Americans believe in climate change but still can’t quit fossil fuels

By Justine Calma May 26

Joe Biden opens up California coast to offshore wind

Floating wind turbines are coming to the Pacific

By Justine Calma May 25

How futuristic floating wind turbines might ride the waves

By Justine Calma May 24

Colonial Pipeline CEO confirms company paid $4.4 million ransom it wasn’t supposed to pay

By Ian Carlos Campbell May 19

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Renewable energy won’t make Elon Musk love bitcoin again

By Justine Calma May 13

The grid needs to smarten up to reach clean energy goals

By Justine Calma May 12

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First commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the US gets federal approval

By Justine Calma May 11

Exceptional growth is the ‘new normal’ for solar and wind energy

By Justine Calma May 11

The cybersecurity ‘pandemic’ that led to the Colonial Pipeline disaster

A lack of basic hygiene leaves critical infrastructure open for attack

By Justine Calma May 10