Grist hires Austin Corona to cover energy

The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore

The nation’s biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear

Clean energy helped the grid avoid heat-wave catastrophe

Last week's high temperatures pushed the U.S. grid to its limits, and showcased how new wind and solar additions are essential to keeping the lights on.

Tropical forests can stop acting as carbon sinks during El Niño, says research

Some of South America’s tropical forests effectively stopped absorbing carbon during the 2015-2016 El Niño.

Steve Pearce Just Took Over the BLM. We Asked Him What He Plans to Do to Our Public Lands.

Steve Pearce, a longtime veteran of the oil and gas industry, was recently named the director of the BLM. We asked Pearce how he plans to weight conservation and recreation against the demands of industry. The post Steve Pearce Just Took Over the BLM. We Asked Him What He Plans to Do to Our Public Lands. appeared first on Outside Online.

The overlooked wiring problem in the clean-energy transition

As more households add solar panels, batteries and heat pumps, researchers at Purdue found that running them all on DC power—not the AC current from the wall—could cut energy use and emissions.