Taking stock of our climate past, present, and future
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Climate change
The UN just handed out an urgent climate to-do list. Here’s what it says.
Time is running short to address climate change, but there are feasible and effective solutions on the table, according to
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These aircraft could change how we fly
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The runway for futuristic electric planes is still a long one
The future of flight will come in stages, for one electric aircraft startup at least. Today, Beta Technologies, pushed back
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US minerals industries are booming. Here’s why.
A recent set of sweeping US laws have already kicked off a boom in proposals for new mining operations, minerals
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These companies want to go beyond batteries to store energy
If y’all have been around for a while, you know that I love writing about batteries (see exhibits A, B,
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This geothermal startup showed its wells can be used like a giant underground battery
In late January, a geothermal power startup began conducting an experiment deep below the desert floor of northern Nevada. It
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Inside the government agency shaping the future of energy
The US government had a hand in creating some of the most iconic inventions of the last century, from personal
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Researchers launched a solar geoengineering test flight in the UK last fall
Last September, researchers in the UK launched a high-altitude weather balloon that released a few hundred grams of sulfur dioxide
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