The Hiding Place: Inside the World’s First Long-Term Storage Facility for Highly Radioactive Nuclear Waste
An excerpt from Robert Macfarlane's new book Underland.
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A New Study Calculates Bitcoin’s Massive Carbon Footprint
Creating the cryptocurrency requires an enormous amount of energy.
Protesters Demonstrate Against a Proposed Coal Mine in Australia (in Photos)
Protesters are concerned that the proposed coal mine would pollute local resources and remove Native land title claims.
Trump Dismissed a Federal Climate Panel, but Its Members Reconvened Independently. Here’s What They Recommend.
The new panel put out a new report Thursday calling for better communication and coordination for climate change policy.
Viewfinder: The Closing of the Last Coal Mine in Germany’s Appalachia
Coal miners give German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier a symbolic final chunk of coal in a ceremony at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace on April 3rd, 2019, in Berlin, Germany.
How Battery-Based Storage Systems Are Leading More Germans to Opt for Solar Power
The budding popularity of solar panel and battery systems, driven by a drop in lithium-ion battery prices, has thrown a lifeline to Germany's moribund solar sector.
Viewfinder: Washington State Governor Jay Inslee Testifies at a Hearing on Climate Change
Inslee, who is a candidate for president in 2020, has said that he will make climate change the centerpiece of his campaign.
How the Green New Deal Can Avoid Climate Colonialism
The initiative will not meet any definition of climate justice if it becomes the next chapter in a long history of U.S. industrial policies that have oppressed people.
In West Virginia, Regulators Once Again Rewrite the Rules to Appease Energy Interests
After a federal appeals court blocked a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, the state's Department of Environmental Protection is changing standards to subvert the ruling.
Wisconsin Governor Opens Up the State to Controversial Mining Projects
Scott Walker signed legislation Monday ending a nearly 20-year ban on precious metal mining.