
Commercial Airliner Is First to Cross Atlantic with Biofuel Power
Virgin Atlantic flew the first large commercial jet to traverse the Atlantic with 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel
Virgin Atlantic flew the first large commercial jet to traverse the Atlantic with 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel
A projected drop in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions—one of the largest of the past decade—is still not enough to meet the country’s commitments under the Paris climate accord...
Hungarian-Âé¶¹´«Ã½AV biophysicist and inventor Mária Telkes illuminated the field of solar energy. She invented a solar oven, a solar desalination kit and, in the late 1940s, designed one of the first solar-heated houses...
China and the U.S. agreed to new greenhouse gas reduction commitments ahead of upcoming climate talks, but the relationship between the world’s top two emitters remains “challenging”...
The outcomes of state elections this week may mean more natural gas plants in Texas, greater use of climate law funds in Kentucky and the continuation of the status quo in Maine and Mississippi...
A molecular additive allows different kinds of plastic to be recycled together
A facility off the coast of Oregon is being constructed to test devices to harness wave power that resemble everything from buoys to carpets
Virtual power plants are aggregations of electricity producers, consumers and storers that power grid managers can call on to balance electricity demand and supply
With the expansion of wind power—and the growth of turbines—comes challenges in areas that are unaccustomed to whirring blades
Biden’s new program is expected to hire 20,000 people in its first year for renewable energy projects and ecological restoration
Governments must “separate climate from geopolitics” and work together to triple renewables and deeply cut planet-warming emissions, says International Energy Agency executive director Fatih Birol...
Wind turbines threaten several bat species, but the Biden administration is funding research to reduce casualties
A surge in battery storage is helping Texas beat the heat without additional fossil fuels
Construction has begun on the Vineyard Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts. It could provide enough clean energy to power 400,000 homes per year
All routes out of the landlocked country touch China or Russia, presenting diplomatic and physical challenges
The president is close to fulfilling his promise to cut carbon pollution in half, but everything has to go right
The Biden administration has approved a third big offshore wind project, this one near the Atlantic City gambling hub, expanding power capacity and jobs
Solar power has been crucial to keeping the power on in Texas while the state experiences a major heat wave, even as some politicians have attempted to make it more difficult to connect renewable energy to the grid...
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is already billions of dollars over budget and decades behind schedule. Not even its leaders can say how much more money and time it will take to complete...
The MAPLE experiment was able to wirelessly transfer collected solar power to receivers in space and direct energy to Earth
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