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MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that captures water vapor and produces safe drinking water across a range of relative humidities, including dry desert air.

The role reversal in battery-investment dominance is the result of two converging trends: tax credits in the U.S. and China pulling back its expenditures in the sector.

With the rise of artificial intelligence, increased domestic manufacturing and growing electrification of vehicles and more, electricity demand in the U.S. is expected to soar in the coming years.

With the rise of artificial intelligence, increased domestic manufacturing and growing electrification of vehicles and more, electricity demand in the U.S. is expected to soar in the coming years.

AI, rising energy prices, and a recent conversation with Richard Delevan on the Wicked Problems podcast about both topics. The resource cost of AI: Dr. Sasha Luccioni, the climate lead for AI compan...

I published a data dive for Cipher News on the industrial decarbonization sector last week and one number from that reporting keeps popping into my brain randomly because it was so shocking and so tel...

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The recently released 2025 Happy City Index ranks cities based on the happiness of their citizens. The highest-rated U.S. city also happens to be one of the largest, liveliest cities in the world.

Investments into industrial decarbonization technologies edged down in the first quarter of 2025. Those investments are expected to fall further as companies pledge less money to the sector.

TWIN NUCLEAR THEMES IN ONE DEAL. The deal Facebook parent company Meta signed with Constellation on Tuesday illustrates the convergence of two recent nuclear themes. #1. The nuclear x AI mash up, wh...

The software giant is teaming up with a low-carbon cement startup to help address emissions from the construction of data centers.

A UTILITY WANTS TO BUILD A SMALL MODULAR REACTOR: A sign of the times, to be sure. The Tennessee Valley Authority, which is the largest public power company in the U.S., applied for a permit to build...

Roxane Gay reflects on the ways that the choice of whether or not to have kids is limited both by legislation and the climate crisis.

Roxane Gay reflects on the ways that the choice of whether or not to have kids is limited both by legislation and the climate crisis.

The transmission system in the U.S. is a major problem because it is old and because it is not set up for energy systems of the future.

The Northwest states passed aggressive goals to decarbonize the power supply but left it to the Bonneville Power Administration to build the transmission lines needed for wind and solar. The agency ha...

Solar energy plus battery storage, with natural gas backup, is the only “plausible path forward” in the near-term, said Neil Chatterjee, a former top energy regulator during the first Trump administra...

Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump will likely hit the supply chains for wind and solar much harder than supply chains for fossil fuels.

$15 BILLION for SMALL MODULAR NUCLEAR REACTORS in CANADA. AND ALSO: Google funding the development of advanced nuclear sites. The government of Ontario says it has approved a $15 billion (C$20.9 bi...

COMPARING RISK: A case study and a question. So often in climate and energy, the hardest and most consequential decisions involve comparing risk. In order to COMPARE risk, the risks first need to be ...