Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating. more

STRAWBERRY, Ariz.—Nearly two years ago, officials with the Pine-Strawberry Water Improvement District seemed on the verge of finding a solution to their water woes.  Located between Phoenix and Flagstaff, the more

The troubled spacecraft returns empty to New Mexico from the International Space Station. more

In the most extensive analysis of its kind, new research suggests that fossil fuel influence is widespread across universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.  Oil and more

In a defining moment for the rights of Indigenous peoples in Peru, 37 land titles were secured in the Amazon in record time, from June 2023 to May 2024. This more

The summer of 2024 set new records, European scientists have found. The world has never seen temperatures reach so high between June and August. Read more on E360 → more

A new study offers the first comprehensive look at the ties between fossil fuel companies and universities. more

In January 2023, the federal government of the United States issued landmark decisions affecting two controversial projects to exploit mineral resources on public lands. One was an industrial-scale copper mine, more

A coalition of trade unions have launched a new advocacy group, Union Energy, to ensure that Pennsylvania's workers get a “just transition” to a fossil-fuel-free economy. more

Colorado just got a big boost to help slash planet-warming emissions from commercial buildings. Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the state was selected to receive a more

KATHMANDU — Tightly coiled fern plants with a distinctive appearance emerge amid the sal tree undergrowth as the monsoon rains fall on Nepal’s fertile floodplains. Due to its resemblance to more

A census suggests the population has stabilised following the outbreak, with numbers up by 15%. more

LUBOK PUSAKA, Indonesia — Jaharuddin, 50, sits deep in thought in his living room in Lubok Pusaka village, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, smoking a cigarette and staring out the door. more

ABIDJAN — Environment ministers from across Africa are meeting in Côte d’Ivoire this week to discuss urgent challenges and strengthen ambition and action against land degradation, desertification and climate change more

Pumas are unlikely to recolonize much of their historical range in the eastern U.S., a new study finds. It’s not a lack of habitat or food keeping out the pumas, more

PALEMBANG/PANDEGLANG, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia are investigating possible links between a recent bust of rhino horns for sale and a killing spree of Javan rhinos still being uncovered in more

In the Mojave Desert, rising temperatures, less rainfall, and more intense wildfires are killing off Joshua trees. California officials are working on a plan to protect the distinctive yucca tree more

Texas is inching closer to adopting revised oil and gas waste management rules for the first time in four decades.  The Railroad Commission of Texas announced the draft rule at more

California’s power system is in a difficult spot — and so are the utility customers stuck paying for it. The state’s utilities have to expand their power grids to support more

STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rain poured down in torrential sheets as Ouk Mao guided reporters through the winding dirt tracks that were, in August, rutted with deep trenches of mud and more

The majority of foreign visitors, and even most Swedish inhabitants, consider their country to be one that values nature. The image is also continually used in popular culture, for example, more

The Forest Stewardship Council has suspended its certification of a controversial logging company in the Peruvian Amazon accused of encroaching on the traditional territory of the Mashco Piro, an Indigenous group more

Swimming with giant manta rays (Mobula birostris) feels like an underwater dance. Their slow, rhythmic movements are astonishing to Madalena Pereira Cabral. She describes her dives alongside manta rays, which more

Back in 2018, Michael Patterson was one of the first people to own an electric vehicle in Riverton, a town within Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation. Purchasing a Tesla Model more

After the courts squashed its first-in-the-nation natural gas ban, the city of Berkeley, California, has emerged with a new strategy to curb the planet-warming fossil fuel: taxing large buildings that more

Fireflies use their characteristic flashing signals to find and attract mates. It’s a courtship ritual that can seem magical on a warm summer evening. However, for orb weaver spiders, these more

Nations across the globe are trialing “rights of nature” laws and “legal personhood” for various ecosystems and a range of reasons, from Indigenous reconciliation to biodiversity protection. While these two more

Climate change is turning the humid rainforest of the western Amazon into an ecosystem nearly 30 times more prone to fire, according to the 2023-2024 State of Wildfires report. The more

Growing up in the village of Domboshava in central Zimbabwe, Edwin Tambara, the African Wildlife Foundation’s director of global leadership, recalls how the surrounding Miombo woodland was a pharmacy, hardware more

Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein, and today we’re going to be talking about a place one journalist dubbed, “the most unfortunate city more

Four years after a string of disasters plagued one Louisiana town, its residents are still on the move. more

When Ritu Narayan, CEO and co-founder of Zum , looks at the 74 electric school buses and chargers her startup has deployed at a former industrial site in East Oakland, more

A beluga whale nicknamed Hvaldimir, who was initially suspected of being a Russian spy, was found dead on Aug. 31, according to Norwegian media. Hvaldimir’s body was first spotted by more

Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from more

MISO and SPP are seeking approval for a joint transmission project that could unlock gigawatts of clean energy — and create a template for similar collaborations. more

In the vast desert northeast of Las Vegas, a new solar installation will soon be assembled atop an ancient lake bed. The Dry Lake East Energy Center, a 200-megawatt solar more

The Supreme Court of Indonesia has withdrawn approval for a zinc mine and dammed waste pond being built near a fault line in North Sumatra. The ruling comes as a more

"We risked our health for the delivery companies during COVID, and now we are doing it again." more

Solar has been gaining popularity for years now, but in 2023 the clean energy source really took off: A staggering 428 gigawatts’ worth of solar was installed worldwide last year, more

A startup looking to build really small nuclear reactors just announced a big new funding round. Last Energy , a Washington, D.C.–based next-generation nuclear company, announced that it closed a more

The company’s pledge to conserve water at its data centers doesn’t account for the thirsty power plants that keep them running. more

A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it. more

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Canary thanks EnergySage more

From 2022 to 2023, Germany saw installations of new wind and solar power nearly double, a shift driven in part by sweeping changes to simplify permitting for clean energy projects.Read more

Xcel Energy is proposing a new approach to powering the grid in Minnesota. The utility recently told state regulators it wants to build a network of solar-powered energy storage hubs, more

Hello everyone, and welcome back to State of Emergency. I’m Jake Bittle, and today we’re going to be talking about the lasting political impact of one of the worst natural more

The two grid operators providing power to the Midwestern U.S. are proposing to build $1.7 billion worth of new transmission lines to bridge the “seam” between their networks. The move more

Making chemicals, metals, glass, and cement often requires scorching levels of heat. Today, many of those industrial processes use planet-warming fossil fuels to reach temperatures rivaling those of lava. But more

Doron Brenmiller, co-founder of Brenmiller Energy , knows all about the useful things hot rocks can do. Over the past 12 years, the Israel-based manufacturer of thermal energy storage systems more

Zero-carbon energy is just about the only form of energy the U.S. is building anymore. In the first half of this year, developers and power plant owners built 20.2 gigawatts more

Scientists have found microplastics in brain tissue. Their discovery, detailed in a new paper, is the latest in a litany of studies finding tiny plastic particles no larger than a more

Steel and concrete form the backbones of our modern infrastructure. Billions of metric tons of both materials are churned out every year to make the world’s buildings, bridges, sewers, electrical more

When Max Kanter bought an electric vehicle back in 2022, he didn’t expect it to be so hard to find accurate data on the cost and carbon-intensity of the electricity more

This article was originally co-published by THE CITY and The Guardian . It was the midst of a July heat wave, with humidity sticky in the air. Phoebe Saldana sat more

Cement is one of the most widely used materials in the world, but making it causes a lot of planet-warming carbon emissions . The industry is responsible for roughly 8 more

Scientists have found new evidence that melting Arctic permafrost could unleash large sums of mercury, a dangerous toxin. Read more on E360 → more

In vanguard markets like California, the demand for places to charge electric vehicles, and battery-powered big rigs in particular, is outstripping the pace at which charging depots are being built. more

Smoke from wildfires in north America has brought a "vivid" hue to skies above Britain ahead of a rare lunar phenomenon. more

Researchers have found pharmaceuticals, from antidepressants to antibiotics, in rivers in all 10 national parks in England.Read more on E360 → more

JR Howard of Texas Solar Sheep can’t buy sheep fast enough. He supplies them to solar farms, where their grazing keeps grass short for less than the cost of mowing more

To manage contaminated stormwater, Philadelphia went all in on “green” infrastructure, like rain gardens and permeable pavement. But an increase in extreme rain events is spurring other U.S. cities to more

New England states are attempting to make good on their climate pledges while addressing some very real concerns about the long-term stability of the region’s electrical grid. The Department of more

Stonehenge's famous Altar Stone came from Scotland not Wales as previously thought, new analysis shows. more

Two years ago this week, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the major climate legislation brimming with clean energy subsidies — including a marquee $8.8 billion in home more

DALTON, Ga. — Growing up in Cartersville, Georgia, Lisa Nash saw what happens to communities when factory jobs disappear. It was the 1980s and corporations were offshoring production to reduce more

To stop climate change, buildings from squat to tall will need to swap out their fossil-fuel boilers and furnaces for über-efficient heat pumps that can run on clean power. But more

Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust. more

This story was first published by Energy News Network . Massachusetts has awarded $53 million — and announced plans for additional funding — to allow affordable housing operators to execute more

Early in his term, President Joe Biden set an ambitious goal for the country’s power grid: 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Recently released data provides a status update on more

Scientists have recovered an intact poppy seed and other plant remnants buried under two miles of ice in the heart of Greenland. The finding indicates that during a prior warm more

The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $389 million this week to a coalition of New England states for improvements to the power grid that will significantly increase the region’s capacity more

The highest sea temperatures in 400 years could threaten the reef's survival, say scientists. more

With the Mackenzie River too low for barge traffic, villages in the Northwest Territories are flying in food, fuel, and other essentials. A proposed highway could offer a lifeline as more

Thames Water, Northumbrian Water and Yorkshire Water face fines for repeated sewage leaks. more