Why Putting Solar Canopies on Parking Lots Is a Smart Green Move
Fly into Orlando, Florida, and you may notice a 22-acre solar power array in the shape of Mickey Mouse’s head…
Wrong Turn: America’s Car Culture and the Road Not Taken
If you lived in the suburbs in the 1970s, you can see it in your mind’s eye: driveway after driveway…
More Energy on Less Land: The Drive to Shrink Solar’s Footprint
From the ground, the new solar farm shimmers like a mirage oasis on a hot summer day. Instead of row…
As Millions of Solar Panels Age Out, Recyclers Hope to Cash In
In Odessa, Texas, workers at a startup called SolarCycle unload trucks carrying end-of-life photovoltaic panels freshly picked from commercial solar…
In Rush for Key Metals, Canada Ushers Miners to Its Fragile North
In the wilderness north of Great Slave Lake, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, mining companies are eyeing a potential treasure trove…
How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting World’s Groundwater
There is a solar-powered revolution going on in the fields of India. By 2026, more than 3 million farmers will…
Can a California Oilfield Be Retrofitted to Store Solar Energy?
Down on the south end of California’s San Joaquin Valley, oil rigs have plumbed the earth like flocks of blackened…
With Hotter, Drier Weather, California’s Joshua Trees Are in Trouble
In 2020, the Dome Fire swept through Southern California’s Mojave National Preserve, blackening nearly 70 square miles of highly biodiverse…
Trump 2.0: This Time the Stakes for Climate Are Even Higher
ANALYSIS Donald Trump has promised to halt federal climate action and repeal the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act, which provides unprecedented…
As Drought Shrivels Hydro, This African Nation Pivots to Solar
“When the lights are off, people think that my shop is closed.” As the sun sets on Lusaka, Zambia’s capital,…