Climate Change News That Stuck With Us in 2016
By The New York Times As the year ends, The New York Times asked reporters who have focused on climate change, global warming and the...
Renewable energy to hit 9 percent of U.S. total in 2017
Photovoltaic solar power field at Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennesee U.S. renewable-energy generating capacity is not only...
Oil Industry’s New Threat? The Global Growth of Electric Cars
In Oslo, a driving-school owner charges an electric Nissan Leaf, which is used in the school’s lessons.Credit Thomas Haugersveen for The...
NYSERDA Announces $10 Million for Industrial Energy Efficiency
Funding supports clean energy projects at large and medium-size industrial facilities ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Energy Research...
An App to Help Save Emissions (and Maybe Money) When Buying a Car
A Smart car in Annapolis, Md. The author owns one and loves that his “little rattletrap” gets 40 miles per gallon. Credit: Matt Roth for...
The Quest for Home Utility Bills of…Zero
New regulations in California have builders scrambling to make houses more energy-efficient SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—The KB Home development...
Court backs Obama’s climate change accounting
A federal appeals court is upholding the Obama administration’s accounting of the costs of greenhouse gas emissions as applied to a...
Scientists’ annual physical of planet: ‘Earth’s fever rises’
The potential future effects of global climate change include more frequent wildfires, longer periods of drought in some regions and an...
World’s Largest Companies Decoupling Emissions, Business Growth
Greenhouse gas emissions data from the world’s 500 largest companies shows that for the first time, the Global 500 are beginning to grow...