The One Thing Holding Back Electric Vehicles in America
The biggest hurdle to mass adoption of electric cars is not the cars themselves.
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Some Animals Have No Choice but to Live at Airports Now
Vulnerable birds, snakes, and frogs are clinging to survival in the lawns next to taxiways and runways.
Nowhere Should Expect a Cool Summer
Even a less punishing season than recent summers would be hotter than historical norms.
The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury
How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam
There Is No Stopping the Allergy Apocalypse
Climate change is pumping the air with pollen, and it’s a problem even for people who don’t think they’re allergic.
Lush Prairies Could Really Be ‘Green Deserts’
Climate change is stripping plants of their nutrients. That could be a disaster for the animals who feed on them.
Climate Change Could Remake Tides
As sea levels rise, once-dramatic tides might mellow. What does that mean for tidal power?
Do Not Allow Even One Fruit Fly Into Your Kitchen Compost
Collecting food scraps in your kitchen can invite insect invaders. But there are plenty of ways to outsmart them.
Conservation Tends to Ignore the Most Common Type of Life
The field frets about endangered polar bears and tigers. Why not also bacteria?
Why California Can’t Catch a Break
After years of drought, much of the state is in a climate lull. But it won’t last.
America Is Missing Out on the Biggest EV Boom of All
Consider the electric rickshaw
The West Agreed to Pay Climate Reparations. That Was the Easy Part.
At this point, the UN fund is “an empty bucket.” How full could it get?
A Classic American Car Is Having an Identity Crisis
Ford’s electric Mustang, the Mach-E, is attracting an unusual bunch of drivers—including me.
How Decades of Lax Rules Enable Train Disasters
Not much is stopping a catastrophe like the one in East Palestine from happening again.
Crypto Is Mostly Over. Its Carbon Emissions Are Not.
The environmental toll of Bitcoin could be even higher this year than last.
Climate Activists Are Turning Their Attention to Hollywood
If TV can change Americans’ views on gay marriage, why not the environment?
The Alaska Oil Project Will Be Obsolete Before It’s Finished
The world might not have enough renewable energy to power everything by 2029, but we’ll have more than enough to keep the lights on without additional drilling.
You Should Build a Frog Pond
Will someone please think of the urban amphibian?
The World Is Finally Cracking Down on ‘Greenwashing’
The plan to stop companies from fudging their climate goals is fundamentally flawed.
A Basic Premise of Animal Conservation Looks Shakier Than Ever
Are we trying to save animals in the wrong places?
Every Coastal Home Is Now a Stick of Dynamite
Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.
Bring on the Boring EVs
The next step toward electric cars just becoming cars is playing out on your TV screen.
Fighting Climate Change Was Costly. Now It’s Profitable.
Just how far can this climate momentum take us?
Earthquakes Are Unlike Any Other Environmental Disaster
Hurricanes and volcanic eruptions can be predicted. But earthquakes always come as ambushes.
1.5 Degrees Was Never the End of the World
The most famous climate goal is woefully misunderstood.
The Fight Over California’s Ancient Water
It’s legal to drink 10,000-year-old water. But is it right?
Cities Really Can Be Both Denser and Greener
A classic urban trade-off might not be our destiny. That’s great news for the climate.
Suddenly, California Has Too Much Water
The state is being tossed between awful climate extremes.
How Long Until Alaska’s Next Oil Disaster?
The compromise that passed the Inflation Reduction Act has Alaskans braced for catastrophe.
The World Could Be Entering a New Era of Climate War
Runaway climate change once seemed like it could spur violence. Now a different risk has emerged.
Wait, Why Wasn’t There a Climate Backlash?
Joe Biden's energy balancing act really worked.
America Just Shrugged Off Biden’s Big Climate Law
Democrats braced for a midterm backlash to the Inflation Reduction Act. It never came.
The Paris Agreement Is Working … For Now
The world’s much-maligned climate treaty has produced some stunning results.
A Republican Congress Is Coming for Biden’s Climate Wins
If the looming GOP majority sabotages climate policy, its own voters will suffer. The party might do it anyway.
Turkey’s Honey Apocalypse Is a Warning to the World
Wildfires have devastated the country’s precious pine honey. Heat and drought could soon bring the same fate to other beekeepers.
A Plan to Cool Off the Hottest Neighborhoods
As the climate changes, hyperlocal projects are helping keep disadvantaged areas livable.
China Accidentally Made Our Gas Much Cheaper
Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID lockdowns have been an unexpected gift to Joe Biden.
Frankenstein’s Hummer
The company's new electric pickup truck is an unwieldy mix between an ambulance and a race car.
The Climate Economy Is About to Explode
A new report suggests that the Inflation Reduction Act could be even bigger than Congress thinks.