Katie Brigham

Burying power lines is an expensive but highly effective way to curb the risk of utility-caused wildfires, which have devastated towns across California.

Instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo makes it hard to know whether the minerals in our electronics are ethically sourced.

States and utility companies are investing in “cloud seeding” — a way to artificially increase precipitation in the drought-ridden American West and worldwide.

The first commercial solar electric vehicles are set to hit the European and U.S. markets in the coming years, manufactured by Sono, Aptera and Lightyear.

Sono Motors plans to bring a solar-powered EV to market in mid-2023. Priced at $25,000, it will hit the European market first, with plans to expand in the U.S.

Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, recently implemented a major network upgrade that reduced its energy consumption by 99.9%. But though energy usage has been one of the cryptocurrency industry’s biggest targets for critique, it’s not likely that bitcoin will follow suit. Instead,…

Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, recently reduced its energy consumption by 99.9%. But it’s not likely that bitcoin will do the same.

The market for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is expanding rapidly, as major tech companies are funneling nearly a billion dollars to early-stage startups experimenting with various methods of carbon capture and sequestration to fight climate change. While government incentives like carbon pricing will ultimately be necessary to make carbon removal profitable, this influx of early funding could help nascent carbon removal companies scale up their technology and bring costs down.

Hydropower is the world’s largest source of renewable energy, but despite its outsize impact, it’s often overlooked. Here’s what the future holds for hydro.

This is how much someone with a $90,000 salary will need to save to retire with $1 million, broken down by the age at which they start investing.