Business & Finance

As the Climate Crisis Grows, a Movement Gathers to Make ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime Against the Environment

International lawyers, environmentalists and a growing number of world leaders say “ecocide”—widespread destruction of the environment—would serve as a “moral red line” for the planet.

By Nicholas Kusnetz, Katie Surma and Yuliya Talmazan

Fossil Fuel Companies Took Billions in U.S. Coronavirus Relief Funds but Still Cut Nearly 60,000 Jobs

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Inside Clean Energy: What Happens When Solar Power Gets Much, Much Cheaper?

By Dan Gearino

Wind Energy Is a Big Business in Indiana, Leading to Awkward Alliances

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: Well That Was Fast: Volkswagen Quickly Catching Up to Tesla

By Dan Gearino

Has the Ascend Nylon Plant in Florida Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions, as Promised? A Customer Wants to Know

By Phil McKenna

As Oil Demand Rebounds, Nations Will Need to Make Big Changes to Meet Paris Goals, Report Says

By Nicholas Kusnetz

I Tried to Buy a Climate-Friendly Refrigerator. What I Got Was a Carbon Bomb.

By Phil McKenna

Inside Clean Energy: Warren Buffett Explains the Need for a Massive Energy Makeover

By Dan Gearino

A Legacy of the New Deal, Electric Cooperatives Struggle to Democratize and Make a Green Transition

By James Bruggers

Maryland’s Capital City Joins a Long Line of Litigants Seeking Climate-Related Damages from the Fossil Fuel Industry

By David Hasemyer

How Does a Utility Turn a Net-Zero Vision into Reality? That’s What They’re Arguing About in Minnesota

By Dan Gearino

A Disillusioned ExxonMobil Engineer Quits to Take Action on Climate Change and Stop ‘Making the World Worse’

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Inside Clean Energy: Real Talk From a Utility CEO About Coal Power

By Dan Gearino

The Chess Game Continues: Exxon, Under Pressure, Says it Will Take More Steps to Cut Emissions. Investors Are Not Impressed

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In a Major Move Away From Fossil Fuels, General Motors Aims to Stop Selling Gasoline Cars and SUVs by 2035

By Dan Gearino

Can Massachusetts Democrats Overcome the Power of Business Lobbyists and Pass Climate Legislation?

By Phil McKenna

Coal Communities Across the Nation Want Biden to Fund an Economic Transition to Clean Power

By James Bruggers

Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy

By Sabrina Shankman, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna