Energy & Science

Releases of greenhouse gas dwindled thanks to declining coal use and new climate and energy policies coming into effect.

With so many homeowners generating their own power, the country is having to rethink what it means to provide energy.

NOAA’s annual U.S. report card documents melting ice, warming waters, and life adjusting as it can.

Oxygen on Mount Everest, new heat records, and other revelations that happened while you were worried about other things.

Carbon capture can make money for oil giants, and scientists say we need it. Is the industry willing to invest enough?

The month’s global temperature puts 2020 closer to being the hottest year on record

There were 30 named Atlantic storms in 2020. Hurricanes and tropical storms are becoming stronger and more deadly because of climate change.

Nuclear industry’s small modular reactors can produce the high temperatures needed by some of the most polluting industries.

The U.K.’s Climate Change Committee shows how the right structure allows scientists to influence policy.

Sony and others have said they may need to relocate factories to meet their renewable power targets.

NextEra is ready for the Biden era with lobbyists, tough tactics, and more renewable power than anyone else.

Lancet report finds heat-related deaths in older people have risen 54% in the last 20 years

Growth in spending on low-carbon technologies is also down among the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative’s remaining members.

2020 is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization

Old habits and old technologies often find a way to stick around

A pandemic crash and new electric cars made the future come early in 2020