Nonetheless, insurance companies have become some of the biggest financiers of fossil fuels, which are the primary cause of climate change — the extraction and burning of oil, gas, and coal are ...

Janous says in the short term to ramp up supply quickly, utilities will likely turn to fossil fuels. So to limit the climate impact of increased energy demand in the long term, it’s important to plan ...

The fires, likely to be the costliest in world history, were made about 35% more likely due to the 1.3°C of global warming that has occurred since preindustrial times.

Even when developers and city officials are on board with constructing walkable neighborhoods, a little-known culprit can block the projects.

But a New York-based company called Afterlife Ag has found a better use for those food scraps. Cofounder Winson Wong says his company collects food waste from restaurants and stores, grinds it down, ...

At the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, a coalition plans to lease electric trucks and offer affordable ...

And Cohen says pumped hydro systems can store more energy and provide power for longer than most batteries, so they could ...

A firefighting helicopter drops water as the Sunset Fire burns in the Hollywood Hills with evacuations ordered on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) ...

Although car-dependent suburbs continue to spread across the nation, they’re not as popular as you might assume.

The world endured three of its top-20 costliest disasters on record in 2024, its fifth-deadliest wildfire, and a record three ...