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Collage: hydrogen factory and wind turbine on mountain of coal with ominous dark background

How a new subsidy for ‘green hydrogen’ could set off a carbon bomb

Using electricity to make hydrogen could be an elegant climate solution — or it could prop up a dirty grid.

Emily Pontecorvo Energy December 12, 2022

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Saying goodbye to the dangerous, alluring scent of gasoline

Electric vehicle makers are grappling with our olfactory attachment to the fuel.

Kate Yoder Culture August 1, 2022

A line of wind turbines in the ocean under a blue sky.

What happened to the Great Lakes offshore wind boom?

Offshore wind projects cropped up all over the Great Lakes region in the early 2010s. By the end of the decade, all but one were gone. Developers, though still drawn to the lakes’ powerful winds, have been reluctant to return.

Nicole Pollack, Inside Climate News Energy November 27, 2023

It’s not just Coca-Cola: Corporations have co-opted the UN climate talks

COP27 is covered with logos. But that's just the start of companies' influence.

Kate Yoder COP27 November 15, 2022

a row of Bitcoin mining computer rigs extends into the distance

Cryptomining uses a ‘disturbing’ amount of energy, lawmakers find

Bitcoin, we have a problem.

Julia Kane Climate & Energy July 18, 2022

Illustration of offshore wind farm in the New York Harbor.

Compared to oil and gas, offshore wind is 125 times better for taxpayers

A new report finds per-acre revenue from offshore wind blows oil and gas out of the water

Jessie Blaeser Energy September 23, 2022

Extreme rainfall will be worse and more frequent than we thought, according to new studies

Researchers say some climate models are underestimating future floods.

Zoya Teirstein Extreme Weather July 20, 2022

Against the Grain

Efforts to replace annual wheat with perennial varieties promise to restore the soil, heal the land, and sequester carbon.

Mickal Aranha Food September 13, 2022

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How centuries-old whaling logs are filling gaps in our climate knowledge

Whalers from the 18th and 19th centuries are helping 21st Century scientists on climate change.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Science November 2, 2022

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