In a windsurfers’ paradise, turbines capture gusts that pick up at exactly the right time - or the wrong time, if you're trying to sell natural gas.

The long range of airborne drones helps them perform critical tasks in the skies. Now MIT spinout Open Water Power (OWP) aims to greatly improve the range of unpiloted underwater vehicles (UUVs), helping them better perform in a range of applications under the sea. By Rob Matheson.

Scientists warn that hydroelectric dams in the Amazon could have a significant impact on the environment. By Rebecca Morelle.

The Science Team of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen has cancelled the first leg of the 2017 Expedition due to complications associated with the southward motion of hazardous Arctic sea ice, caused by climate change.

Two billion years ago parts of an African uranium deposit spontaneously underwent nuclear fission. The details of this remarkable phenomenon are just now becoming clear. By Alex P. Meshik on (Jan. 26, 2009)

Beneath a forested patch of land on the Gulf of Bothnia, at the bottom of a steep tunnel that winds for three miles through granite bedrock, Finland is getting ready to entomb its nuclear waste.

New York City is ramping up an aggressive campaign to turn its annual 14 million tons of waste into compost and clean energy—here's how.

While NASA was figuring out how to use rockets to reach the Moon, a super secret US government project was developing a gigantic reusable spaceship powered by atom bomb explosions that was designed to carry a crew of 20 to the outer Solar System by 1970. By David Szondy.

The conservative movement to save the planet. By Kate Aronoff.

Canada’s thirst for oil pitted against its commitment to First Nations. By Patrick Michels.

When a drilling platform is scheduled for destruction, it must go on a thousand-mile final journey to the breaker’s yard. As one rig proved when it crashed on to the rocks of a remote Scottish island, this is always a risky business. By Tom Lamont.

It's named after a Nordic god and drills deep into the heart of a volcano

The UK’s newest fusion reactor, ST40, was switched on last week, and has already managed to achieve ‘first plasma’ - successfully generating a scorching blob of electrically-charged gas (or plasma) within its core. By Fiona MacDonald.

Political instability may be growing in Saudi Arabia as King Salman bin Abdulaziz begins to overhaul the Saudi government amid a volatile energy market. By Cyril Widdershoven.

As records tumble on east coast, politicians debate the energy mix they need to combat climate change and ensure supply.

Let’s say that, for some reason, you really don’t want humans to drive in cleaner, more enjoyable, more exciting, safer, better electric cars. How do you go about slowing down the transition? Below are prescriptions for four different groups (automakers, the media, investors, and politicians) that could “pitch in and do their part” to delay the transition.

“These websites are actually giving us clues as to what this administration is going to do, much more so than the very public media show that we are getting through the White House press secretary, through President Trump tweeting or through Kellyanne Conway on ‘Meet the Press,’” said Jennifer Wingard, an associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Houston. “It is intentional, these shifts in words are meaningful, and it’s smart to pay attention to them.”

Unprecedented growth marked the era from 1948 to 1973. Economists might study it forever, but it can never be repeated. Why? By Marc Levinson.

A filmmaker travels the U.S. and Canada to speak with Indigenous women about the constant threats to their safety and their lives. By Riayn Fergin.

In the scorching heat of the Caribbean Sea, workers in scuba suits scrub crude oil by hand from the hull of the Caspian Galaxy, a tanker so filthy it can't set sail in international waters.

The cost of installing solar and wind power last year dropped more dramatically than ever before, making renewables less expensive to deploy than any other energy source.

About 135 people spoke during the 10-hour meeting, but the overall turnout was lower than expected. Commission staff estimated 270 people took seats in a hall set up with 500 chairs. By Joe Duggan.

Two years ago, a pair of scientific studies documented that the glaciers of West Antarctica, which hold back over 3 meters (nearly 10 feet) of potential sea level rise, are melting and retreating from below. The cause? It appears that these glaciers, which are perched on the seafloor deep below the ocean surface, are being lapped at by flows of warm ocean currents. Since then, researchers have been focusing more and more urgent...

Nuclear power is carbon-free and remains the source of about 20 percent of U.S. electricity. But natural gas, wind and solar are often cheaper, and unprofitable reactors are being shut down.

With global temperatures rising, can a nation afford to protect a pristine waterway and forgo the building of dams as an alternative to burning coal?

Texas oilman Chris Faulkner built a high-profile public persona, raised millions for his oil and gas ventures and courted politicians. But the SEC has alleged that behind the scenes, he cheated investors out of $80 million to fund a "debauched" jet-setting lifestyle.

Scientists have figured out how microbes can suck energy from rocks. Such lifeforms might be more widespread than anyone anticipated. By Emily Singer. (June 21, 2016)

A Mississippi project, a centerpiece of President Obama’s climate plan, has been plagued by problems that managers tried to conceal, and by cost overruns and questions of who will pay. By Ian Urbina.

EU proposal on a free trade deal with the US could curb energy saving measures and a planned switch to clean energy, say MEPs. By Arthur Neslen.

A supersonic airliner that flies at three times the speed of sound – and runs on nuclear fusion. Stephen Dowling investigates the challenges of making airliners run on atomic power.

Ron Risman

Saturday's large quake immediately raised suspicions that it was linked to injection wells that oil and gas companies use as part of fracking and other operations.

Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama issued an executive order Thursday declaring a state of emergency in Alabama over concerns about fuel shortages in the wake of a gasoline pipeline spill that released about 250,000 gallons of gasoline south of Birmingham and shut down a major pipeline connecting refineries in Houston with the rest of the country. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued a similar executive order for his state on Tuesday.

In some of the sunniest areas of the U.S., solar power is becoming a victim of its own success. With so many people leaving the grid, power utilities are now wondering who's going to pay the bill. They're fighting back, trying to make going solar much less attractive.

The US Army Corps of Engineers finalized permits earlier this month for a $3.2 billion natural gas pipeline that will span 516 miles, crossing through the majority of Florida as well as large swaths of Georgia and Alabama. The pipeline project is owned by the Sabal Trail partnership, composed of Houston-based Spectra Energy, North Carolina’s […]