As Climate Talks Near, Calls Mount for a ‘Phaseout’ of Fossil Fuels
It is boom time in the deserts of New Mexico and West Texas, where vast oil reserves buried in the Permian geological basin are getting a second life, thanks to…
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Why Taiwan and Its Tech Industry Are Facing an Energy Crisis
Some 50 miles southwest of Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, and strategically located close to a cluster of the island’s top universities, the 3,500-acre Hsinchu Science Park is globally celebrated as the…
On Gulf Coast, an Activist Rallies Her Community Against Gas Exports
Over the last few years, the Gulf of Mexico has become ground zero for the U.S. liquid natural gas boom. The region has five LNG export facilities in operation, and…
Tracking Illicit Brazilian Beef from the Amazon to Your Burger
Investigative journalism can be a very deep dive. By the end of his probe into the supply chain of JBS, the world’s largest meat processing and packing company, Marcel Gomes…
Trump 2.0: This Time the Stakes for Climate Are Even Higher
ANALYSIS Donald Trump has promised to halt federal climate action and repeal the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which provides unprecedented spending for clean energy. The market momentum for renewables and…
Shifting Political Winds Threaten Progress on Europe’s Green Goals
In December 2019, Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, presented with great fanfare the so-called “Green Deal.” The package consisted of new laws and directives, goals,…
Will Hydrogen Hubs Be a Clean Energy Boom or Boondoggle?
As part of a $7 billion investment in hydrogen, the U.S. Department of Energy is committed to building a network of hydrogen facilities and pipelines centered in southeast Pennsylvania. Critics…
Marina Silva on Brazil’s Fight to Turn the Tide on Deforestation
INTERVIEW Reprising her role as Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva is determined to reverse the rampant destruction of the Amazon. In an e360 interview, she talks about her efforts to…
A Nuclear Power Revival Is Sparking a Surge in Uranium Mining
After sitting dormant since the 1980s, the Pinyon Plain uranium mine began operating in January on the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona, about seven miles south of the Grand Canyon.…
Nations Are Undercounting Emissions, Putting UN Goals at Risk
Because of lax rules, national inventories reported to the United Nations grossly underestimate many countries’ greenhouse gas emissions. The result, analysts say, is that the world can not verify compliance…