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In a landmark fusion experiment in Oxfordshire, England, researchers generated 59 megajoules of heat over five seconds — blasting the previous record of 21.7 megajoules, set in 1997, out of the water.
The researcher Hamza Hamouchene outlines a path toward a clean energy future without "green colonialism."
Experts say the current hype ignores how AI contributes to emissions, misinformation, and fossil fuel production.
“California is treating factory farm gas systems at dairy farms like they are devices that suck carbon from the air.”
Even minor census undercounts could have substantial knock-on effects and deprive needy communities of investment and representation.
As climate disasters intensify, poor emergency management puts Indigenous peoples at higher risk.
The bleak, national assessment of the environment recommends an Indigenous rights-based approach.
The Onondaga Nation, New York state, and the U.S. Department of the Interior announced a historic agreement last week that will return more than 1,000 acres of land to the nation.
In the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, disaster, other train towns wonder: Are we next?