Why US Power Bills Are Surging
Now, electricity prices are surging in addition to all of the uncorked demand from the Covid-19 pandemic, when…
Iran’s Water Crisis Is Its Greatest Threat
Iran is a warning to every society that treats water as infinite. Over the summer, Iran’s water crisis…
Jane Goodall dies: Chimpanzee expert and environmental advocate’s final message
Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while doing…
After Hurricane Helene, Community Became Our Lifeline
Nothing prepared me for Hurricane Helene. One year ago, the storm pummeled the mountains and valleys of Western…
Child Labor is Helping Power the Clean Energy Transition
In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, hands that should hold pencils and schoolbooks hammer rocks and…
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. We can stop it.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent…
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Europe claims in UN speech
ADVERTISEMENT United States President Donald Trump made a string of misleading and false claims during his address to…
What to know about endangered gorillas and tourist tours tracking them
BWINDI, Uganda (AP) — Sept. 24 is observed as World Gorilla Day. It was launched in 2017 to…
On World Rhino Day, South Africa marks progress but still loses a rhino daily to poachers
DINOKENG GAME RESERVE, South Africa (AP) — The Dinokeng Game Reserve in South Africa has a thriving rhino…
Northern Lights Glow as Solar Storms Disrupt Power and Internet Services
A major solar storm struck Earth late Sunday and continued into Monday. The storm reached G3 strength, strong…
Maui students face ongoing mental health battle after wildfires
LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Mia Palacio felt like she lost a piece of herself when wildfires destroyed her…
Wind and sun provide one-third of Brazil’s electricity for first time
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Wind and solar power generated more than a third of Brazil’s electricity in August,…