Energy

Chris Wright, CEO of a fracking services company and Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy, has said “there is no climate crisis”

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, owes his superstar success to self-satisfied competitors who blew obvious opportunities

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on “Chevron deference” could affect federal regulations of everything from power plant emissions to electric vehicles to transmission lines

Google is bringing AI answers to a billion people this year, but generative AI requires much more energy than traditional keyword searches

Inexpensive Chinese solar panels are pitting Americans who want cheap equipment against those who want to make it

The EPA has released four new pollution rules, most focusing on coal-fired power, as the final pieces of Biden’s push to clean up the power sector

California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar are ready to cover our electricity needs

A rectangular nine-volt battery is basically just a bunch of smaller batteries in a trench coat

Exorbitant launch costs and daunting engineering challenges make the dream of space-
based solar power look dicey for the space agency

Every snowflake is different, but new technology reveals they all swirl the same

The potential of geothermal energy as a carbon-free power source is well known. Now companies such as Google are helping to unlock it

The risks of a $1.5-trillion plan to build up the U.S. nuclear arsenal