55+ min ago   (1153+ words) The only other U.S. state to have a chief heat officer? Arizona. I caught up with Schlick at the end of her first full week on the job to learn more about what leading heat resilience in a state like Massachusetts…...

49+ min ago   (735+ words) On steel, uranium, and roof tiles And I said, dam. Egyptian Cabinet/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images The only other U.S. state to have a chief heat officer? Arizona. I caught up with Schlick at the end of her first full…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (707+ words) On mineral funding, Harold Hamm’s Argentina bet, and South Korea’s offshore wind Vaca Muerta looks a little like Texas. JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images The dream of nuclear-propelled cargo ships is anchoring a little closer to reality. The British…...

4+ day, 56+ min ago   (1872+ words) On America’s Great Corridors of Commerce, Texas geothermal, and North Dakota carbon capture The new estimate comes as more candidates for statewide office build campaigns around opposing data centers. The latest is Aaron Ford, Nevada’s attorney general and a Democratic…...

6+ day, 8+ min ago   (1172+ words) A new report from a coalition of energy and data analytics organizations offers recommendations for the country’s demand response leader. “Load flexibility has underdelivered for a long time,” Ric O’Connell, executive director at the grid policy nonprofit GridLab, told me....

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (997+ words) On Belgium’s fire, African oil, and the Philippines’ trash Exxon Mobil’s oil fields off the coast of Guyana are booming, generating nearly $5 billion in profit last year and only expanding. Chevron last summer spent $53 billion to buy Hess and gain…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1405+ words) Investment in zero-carbon energy and transportation surged this spring, driven by consumer EV and battery buying. Ready to be surprised? Clean energy and transportation investment surged in the second quarter of this year, rising to more than $75 billion in total,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (884+ words) Misan Lychee is made with “some” carbon dioxide captured “directly from the air,” along with 14.6 grams of added sugar. I believe life should be a little bit silly, which is why I’m a sucker for a gimmick. A hotel just…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1264+ words) The coming months could give us a preview of the 2030s. El Niño is here. The world’s largest ocean slipped into the weather pattern sometime between February and April, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the sea surface…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1332+ words) On copper prices, nuclear’s jellyfish woes, and Leo DiCaprio’s Chilean NIMBYism Current conditions: The death toll from Colombia’s earthquake has risen beyond 250 • A severe thunderstorm flipped a car in Columbus, Ohio, as a large system swept across the Midwest • A…...