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Workers on the production line of solar panels in China
After renewable power’s record-smashing 2025, the Iran war could accelerate the shift as countries seek ‘structurally more resilient’ energy, UN says

From Asia to Europe, people are rushing to electrify wherever they can.

By Tristan BoveApril 2, 2026
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Meet China’s AI-powered recycling robot that sorts 220 pounds of clothes in 2 to 3 minutes
By Tian MacLeod Ji and The Associated PressApril 2, 2026
A chip research center site operations manager stands next to a window overlooking the facility.
Data centers are so hot their ‘heat island’ effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away and impacting 343 million people worldwide, study finds
By Sasha RogelbergApril 1, 2026
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The EPA just valued a human life at $0. That’s not just a moral crisis — it’s a market crisis
By Andrew BeharApril 1, 2026
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Trump’s plan to drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico could be foiled by just 50 survivors of a rare whale species
By Tammy Webber and The Associated PressMarch 31, 2026
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EconomyTrump wants to add nearly $7 trillion to the $39 trillion national debt with his new military budget, watchdog warns
By Nick LichtenbergApril 2, 2026
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EconomyPaul Krugman smacks down Trump speech with argument that $4 gas is ‘less than half’ of the Hormuz hit. Here’s what he’s talking about
By Jake AngeloApril 2, 2026
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CommentaryApollo and FC Barcelona just proved legacy markets are losing their grip on business
By Mike SimasApril 2, 2026
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CybersecurityMercor, a $10 billion AI startup that works with companies including OpenAI and Anthropic, confirms major data breach
By Beatrice NolanApril 2, 2026
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CryptoLatest crypto hack sees thieves make off with $280 million from Solana DeFi platform Drift
By Carlos GarciaApril 2, 2026
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CommentaryWhy American billionaires are abandoning Wall Street for English soccer clubs
By Andrés MartinezApril 2, 2026
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PoliticsTrump ousts Pam Bondi as attorney general
By The Associated Press, Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo and Michelle L. PriceApril 2, 2026
What to know about Gwynne Shotwell, the woman behind SpaceX’s monster IPO
NewslettersWhat to know about Gwynne Shotwell, the woman behind SpaceX’s monster IPO
By Emma HinchliffeApril 2, 2026
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Hurricane Ian’s massive damage sparks battle over tens of millions in cleanup and repair payments
PoliticsHurricane Ian’s massive damage sparks battle over tens of millions in cleanup and repair payments
By Mike Schneider and The Associated PressOctober 28, 2022
Visitors looks at the Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring"
EnvironmentAn activist just glued his head to Vermeer’s most famous painting as climate protesters continue targeting Europe’s museums
By Alena BotrosOctober 27, 2022
Wide shot of two engineers talking while walking through a wind turbine farm
EnvironmentThe global energy crisis is a ‘shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity,’ IEA warns, but it may also be a ‘definitive turning point’
By Tristan BoveOctober 27, 2022
Clam digger Scott Lavers
EnvironmentFrom Northern shrimp to Chinook salmon, climate change is wiping out profitable species for the fishing industry
By Patrick Whittle and The Associated PressOctober 27, 2022
Vladimir Putin
EnvironmentRussia’s oil power ‘will never return,’ the IEA says. ‘The rupture has come with a speed that few imagined possible’
By Vivienne WaltOctober 27, 2022
Sonia Moise
EnvironmentOn New York City’s Sandy-ravaged Rockaway Beach, recovery is riven by race, class and inequality. ‘It’s a tale of two peninsulas’
By Bobby Caina Calvan and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2022
Rio Grande River
Environment3 states are fighting with the federal government and 2 irrigation districts over how to manage one of the longest rivers in North America
By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2022
Chung Eui-sun of Hyundai
PoliticsDemocrats’ massive climate change bill is giving Georgia Republicans a big boost heading into the midterms: A $5.5 billion new EV plant by Hyundai
By Russ Bynum and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2022
Biden administration granting $1 billion to school districts to buy electric buses
PoliticsBiden administration granting $1 billion to school districts to buy electric buses
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2022
The world’s ‘fossil fuel addiction’ is killing 1.2 million people a year and leaving 100 million hungry, doctors say in huge new global study
EnvironmentThe world’s ‘fossil fuel addiction’ is killing 1.2 million people a year and leaving 100 million hungry, doctors say in huge new global study
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressOctober 26, 2022
Joe Biden calls his climate legislation a milestone achievement. But with midterm elections looming, most Americans say they know little about the law
EnvironmentJoe Biden calls his climate legislation a milestone achievement. But with midterm elections looming, most Americans say they know little about the law
By Matthew Daly, Nuha Dolby and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2022
Electric vehicle charging
EnvironmentSo you rent an apartment in a big city and you have an electric car: Where are you supposed to charge it?
By Gillian Flaccus and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2022
Joe Biden.
EnvironmentAmericans are overwhelmingly ignorant about Biden’s battle against climate change and overwhelmingly want more to be done: survey
By Matthew Daly, Nuha Dolby and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2022
Apartment renters face unexpected problem as more buy EVs: If you don’t have a garage, where do you charge it?
Personal FinanceApartment renters face unexpected problem as more buy EVs: If you don’t have a garage, where do you charge it?
By Gillian Flaccus and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2022
Two-thirds of Americans want the government to do more to fight climate change—but most don’t know what’s being done already
EnvironmentTwo-thirds of Americans want the government to do more to fight climate change—but most don’t know what’s being done already
By Matthew Daly, Nuha Dolby and The Associated PressOctober 25, 2022
Activists just threw chocolate cake on a wax figure of King Charles to protest climate change
EnvironmentActivists just threw chocolate cake on a wax figure of King Charles to protest climate change
By Alena BotrosOctober 24, 2022
Dirty shrimp farms are punching a huge hole in the environment. A.I. could cut it in half
EnvironmentDirty shrimp farms are punching a huge hole in the environment. A.I. could cut it in half
By Matt WhittakerOctober 24, 2022
Smoke from a wildfire in New Mexico rises in the background of a landscape picture
EnvironmentA fire insurance battle in New Mexico reveals the cruel calculus of climate change
By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated PressOctober 24, 2022
People crossing the street in Barcelona at sunset.
EnvironmentUnusually warm weather in Europe is keeping natural gas prices low as countries furiously stock up for the winter
By Verity Ratcliffe and BloombergOctober 24, 2022
The energy crisis and Ukraine war have lowered expectations for COP27: Transitioning to renewables ‘will take longer than anticipated’
EnvironmentThe energy crisis and Ukraine war have lowered expectations for COP27: Transitioning to renewables ‘will take longer than anticipated’
By Marc Champion, Salma El Wardany and BloombergOctober 23, 2022
A man kneels down near a huge pile of shredded plastic.
EnvironmentEnvironmental groups see a Trojan Horse in big plastic’s plan to scale recycling efforts: ‘Nobody needs more plastic’
By Jennifer McDermott and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2022
Eric Seufert
EnvironmentAmerica’s western water crisis is so bad that Colorado is going to start drinking recycled sewage
By Brittany Peterson and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2022
california gas stove
EnvironmentScientists know stoves in California leak a gas that causes cancer. The only question is how many
By Drew Costley and The Associated PressOctober 20, 2022
UPS agrees to pay the EPA $5.3 million and fix hazardous waste violations at 1,160 locations
EnvironmentUPS agrees to pay the EPA $5.3 million and fix hazardous waste violations at 1,160 locations
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressOctober 20, 2022
Biden is trying to drive down gas prices ahead of tough midterms: ‘They’re not falling fast enough’
PoliticsBiden is trying to drive down gas prices ahead of tough midterms: ‘They’re not falling fast enough’
By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller and The Associated PressOctober 20, 2022
Fisherman
EnvironmentCyanide fishing and coral reef damage: Inside the murky, deadly world of the global aquarium trade
By Victoria Milko, Firdia Lisnawati, Kathy Young and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2022
EV battery plant
EnvironmentBMW is investing $1 billion to pivot its massive South Carolina plant to EVs and it’s throwing in $700 million for an electric-battery plant
By Tom Krisher, Jeffrey Collins and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2022
Toad
EnvironmentA toad the size of a dime could shut down a $68 million power plant
By Scott Sonner and The Associated PressOctober 19, 2022
Bill Gates speaks during the Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit in New York
EnvironmentBill Gates is turning alcohol into jet fuel with a $50 million grant to an experimental energy firm
By Akshat Rathi and BloombergOctober 19, 2022
EU warns it may shut down Bitcoin miners to steer more energy to households and factories
EnvironmentEU warns it may shut down Bitcoin miners to steer more energy to households and factories
By Eamon BarrettOctober 19, 2022
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