Energy

A pumped hydro facility is just one of many proposed clean energy projects that threaten cultural property of the Yakama Nation.

We’ve got the word on an important new treaty, a victory against ag-gag laws, and two new threats to the massive Andean condor.

A proposed high-voltage power line threatens a mountain lake and its surrounding wetlands.

A new book investigates the toxic legacy of Hanford, the Washington state facility that produced plutonium for nuclear weapons.

The health risks from tiny airborne particulate matter may soon face stricter federal regulation. But improving air quality remains a complex challenge.

“We’re training a workforce of solar warriors,” says the cofounder of Indigenized Energy Initiative.

President Biden made waves with recent actions to boost solar manufacturing, but states have been busy, too.

A surge in offshore wind projects has helped make wind power a renewable force.

We can’t achieve a just clean energy transition if people are struggling to pay their bills and stay in their homes, says equity expert Carmelita Miller. 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered fears of another nuclear power disaster in the region, 36 years after the world’s largest nuclear accident.