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California’s ‘Most Sustainable’ Dairy is Doing What’s Best for Business

Bar 20 has gotten a lot of attention for its cutting-edge sustainability strategies. But are sustainability standards in the dairy industry high enough?

By Grace van Deelen

The Plastics Industry Searches for a ‘Circular’ Way to Cut Plastic Waste and Make More Plastics

By James Bruggers

Exxon’s Long-Shot Embrace of Carbon Capture in the Houston Area Just Got Massive Support from Congress

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Duke Energy Is Leaking a Potent Climate-Warming Gas at More Than Five Times the Rate of Other Utilities

By Phil McKenna

Just Two Development Companies Drive One of California’s Most Controversial Climate Programs: Manure Digesters

By Grace van Deelen, Emma Foehringer Merchant

An EV With 600 Miles of Range Is Tantalizingly Close

By Dan Gearino

A New Plant in Indiana Uses a Process Called ‘Pyrolysis’ to Recycle Plastic Waste. Critics Say It’s Really Just Incineration

By James Bruggers

Prosperity, Pennsylvania. Credit: Jon Hurdle

Rural Pennsylvanians Set to Vote for GOP Candidates Who Support the Natural Gas Industry

By Jon Hurdle

Big Agriculture and the Farm Bureau Help Lead a Charge Against SEC Rules Aimed at Corporate Climate Transparency

By Georgina Gustin

Inside Clean Energy: A Dirty Scandal for a Clean Energy Leader

By Dan Gearino

Bitcoin Mining Startup in Idaho Challenges Utility on Rates for Energy-Gobbling Data Centers

By Katelyn Weisbrod

When it Comes to Reducing New York City Emissions, CUNY Flunks the Test

By James Pothen

Smoke rises from a coal-powered power station in Datong, China's northern Shanxi province on Nov. 3, 2021. Credit: Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

China Ramps Up Coal Power to Boost Post-Lockdown Growth

By Eleanor Olcott, The Financial Times

Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low

By Aman Azhar

US Firms Secure 19 Deals to Export Liquified Natural Gas, Driven in Part by the War in Ukraine

By James Bruggers

Geothermal power station at Olkaria in Hells Gate National Park in Kenya. Credit: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Can Africa Grow Without Fossil Fuels?

By David Pilling, The Financial Times

Thacker Pass, in the far northern reaches of Nevada, permits have been approved for a massive lithium mine, drawing protest from the local Indigenous population, ranchers, and environmentalists. Credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Powering Electric Cars: the Race to Mine Lithium in America’s Backyard

By Aime Williams, The Financial Times

A protester demonstrates at Kings Cross Square on Aug. 5, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. Credit: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images

Watchdogs Tackle the Murky World of Greenwash

By Patrick Temple-West, The Financial Times

An Airbus A350-1000 aircraft is seen inside a hangar at Sydney international airport on May 2, 2022, after the Australian airline Qantas announced it will launch the world's first non-stop commercial flights from Sydney to London and New York by the end of 2025. Credit: Wendell Teodoro /AFP via Getty Images

Qantas Says Synthetic Fuel Could Power Long Flights by Mid-2030s

By James Fernyhough, The Financial Times

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