Green Energy / Red States

July 14, 2023

Billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act have started flowing into renewable energy projects and manufacturing. That’s bringing jobs...

Bitcoin Uses a Ton of Energy — On Purpose. Is it Worth It?

April 14, 2023

Crypto mining for bitcoin uses a TON of energy, as much as whole countries, like Argentina and Sweden. The vast majority of bitcoin mining is...

REWIND: Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival

January 6, 2023

After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the climate crisis as an...

Molly Wood on Tech, Money and Survival

September 16, 2022

After a 20-year career as a tech reporter for CNET and the public radio program Marketplace, Molly Wood has come to see the climate crisis as an...

Will Sustainable Aviation Ever Take Off?

August 19, 2022

For those of us who love to travel, climate guilt weighs heavily. Civil aviation accounts for about 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and...

Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal

March 11, 2022

The last time the atmospheric CO2 amounts were as high as they are today was more than 3 million years ago. At that time, sea levels were 50–80...

Peat, Kelp and Trees: Nature-Based Carbon Capture

March 4, 2022

Many climate efforts focus on carbon capture from power plants and refineries – preventing emissions before they reach the atmosphere. But even...

Geoengineering: Who Should Control Our Atmosphere?

November 5, 2021

Solar geoengineering – such as putting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to reduce the amount of the sun’s heat from reaching the earth...

Electrify Everything

October 29, 2021

In the not-to-distant future, your entire home could be electric – from your stove to your water heater to the car you drive. And all of it...

Hot Cities, Methane Leakers and the Catholic Church

May 21, 2021

In 2017, it got so hot in Phoenix that airplanes literally could not take off, and airlines cancelled dozens of flights. Extreme heat is likely to...