Trump’s Megabill Comes for the Clean Energy Transition

July 18, 2025

Three years ago, Congress passed President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in climate action in U.S. history. The IRA set in

Biomimicry & Green Burial: Living and Dying with Nature in Mind

July 11, 2025

Nature can feel distant from our everyday lives. Maybe it’s a place we visit on the weekends, a getaway from the hustle and bustle, something “out

He Started Tesla Employees Against Elon. Then Got Fired.

July 1, 2025

Matt LaBrot was the Tesla sales manager who got so fed up with how Elon Musk’s public persona affected the brand that he published a website called

Is the EV Transition Stuck in Neutral?

June 27, 2025

The Biden administration set ambitious goals to rapidly electrify the U.S. car market. But in spite of significant government incentives provided in

Dead Heat: The Danger Of Home Power Shutoffs

June 20, 2025

Summer is here, temperatures are rising — and so are electric bills. That also means many Americans are facing a severely overlooked issue: power

Super Pollutants: The Hidden Half of Global Warming

June 13, 2025

About half of global warming is driven by pollutants that aren’t carbon dioxide. There are several of these “super pollutants” — so named because of

Three Big Thinkers With No Room for Doom

June 6, 2025

There’s so much hard and heavy news out there right now, climate related and not. It feels like decades of progress is being lost. “We can easily

I’m Walkin’ Here! A Report Card on Congestion Pricing

May 30, 2025

For years, traffic in downtown Manhattan was a gridlock nightmare. But since January, drivers who come into the city’s busiest area during peak hours

Murder, Pollution as Policy, and Two Women Who Won’t Give Up

May 23, 2025

Some may know Alexis Madrigal as the host of Forum on KQED, San Francisco’s NPR station. He’s also the author of “The Pacific Circuit,” where he

Honoring Environmental Heroes in 2025

May 16, 2025

What compels ordinary people to take extraordinary actions in defense of clean air and water? Every year, the Goldman Environmental Prize recognizes