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One day last November, Luis Maldonado celebrated his 50th birthday with a cake and people he considered his family around the table. A pretty normal scene, except for the setting: the office of ...

This is part two of a two-part series on ways that coal infrastructure is being repurposed to meet the needs of renewable energy. Read part one here. For four decades, the Oklaunion Power Plant has ...

When Stockholm’s Traffic Office conducted a general assessment of street traffic in the Swedish capital in 2001, it came to the shocking conclusion that two-thirds of all trees in the city center were ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Rum, an island off the western coast of Scotland, recently ...

When the 2018 Woolsey fire reduced Carla and Kevin Fern’s modest house in the Malibu hills to ash, they knew they wanted to rebuild. “Where else would we go?” Carla Fern asks, having grown up in ...

Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Let us know what you think at [email protected]. Global emissions of several harmful pollutants are falling — ...

Our Electrifying World is a series about how electrification is creating a more sustainable energy transition. It is sponsored by Rewiring America. Electric heat pumps, one of the most ...

Matt Hudson grew up in Great Falls, Montana, and is a graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism. He previously worked as a reporter for the Owatonna (Minn.) People's Press, the Daily ...

Natasha Khullar Relph is an award-winning journalist from India who currently lives in the U.K. and covers the intersection of technology, environment and culture. Find her at natasharelph.com.