Energy & Science

Britain’s wind-power production hit a new record Wednesday afternoon thanks to blustery spring weather

A new initiative is helping direct funding to expensive — but necessary — climate solutions like negative emissions technologies.

Measures such as building out carbon capture and storage would be effective but spending must start immediately, according to a new report from BNEF. 

Beijing’s fossil fuel push could jeopardize its own short-term climate targets, according to a report from Global Energy Monitor.

As the region faces rising risks, adaptation efforts like heat action plans and cooling centers have spread. 

Wind power from farms located out at sea is one of the fastest-growing ways to generate renewable electricity. But construction can be frustratingly slow.

Land-use emissions from traded agricultural products like beef and palm oil account for a quarter of the world’s total, according to a new report. 

Elon Musk-owned firm also pulls proposal to install related equipment, document shows.

The differences between the state’s power system in 2008 and now reveal how difficult it is to anticipate the future of energy. 

Parts of Morocco and France also are expected to see higher-than-usual temperatures for this time of year.

Brazilian oil producer is also looking at biofuels for aviation

Global warming made the extreme temperatures in April and May 100 times more likely, according to a study by the UK’s Met Office.

Saturday will be the hottest day as heat comes from the West

The effects of human-caused climate change are increasing the likelihood — and costs — of extreme weather.

The World Meteorological Organization’s new report catalogs new records for sea-level rise, ocean temperature, greenhouse gas concentrations and ocean acidification.

Water sampled from boreholes in Lagos was found to have an “abundant” amount of the tiny particles, which have unknown health effects. 

A global health analysis reaches a grim toll of premature deaths caused by air, water and chemical pollution.

E-bikes are a powerful tool for lowering carbon emissions — boosting adoption is mostly dependent on offering riders protected bike lanes to enhance safety.

The bloc must invest 800 billion euros in four key technologies this decade

The link between climate change and wildfire intensity is clear. The US West is at the epicenter of the fury, as the megadrought puts lives and homes in danger.

Norway’s Northern Lights Project will store the emissions in liquid form

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries will study converting Centralia’s coal facility in Washington.

Prices for industrial metals that already are sky high probably will continue to appreciate, study finds

Germany is building more LNG terminals to make up for the loss of Russian gas. In a few years, some of that infrastructure could be used to handle green fuels that power grids and heat homes.

Photos from Railroad Commission of Texas show a blowout on Big Cowboy pipeline.

Places with higher shares of people of color and lower incomes experienced, on average, a greater density of dangerous methane leaks from local pipeline systems.

Carbon Clean Solutions has built a modular unit that it hopes can lower the cost of capture to merely $30 a ton.

Record capacity gains will stabilize as raw material costs rise, the IEA says

People aren’t prepared for climate impacts, says Andrew Dessler, an atmospheric sciences professor at Texas A&M University.