Climate & Energy

This week's heat wave will roast areas already gripped by severe drought, plunging reservoirs, and wildfires.

Oliver Milman, The Guardian Extreme Weather

Republicans claimed Solyndra and the government's green loan program was a failure. Ten years later, what did the loan program really cost?

Shannon Osaka & Daniel Penner Accountability

A new study finds that slow-moving, low-pressure storms could become 14 times more frequent in Europe over the next century.

Jena Brooker Extreme Weather

But there are some big “ifs.”

Alexander C. Kaufman Climate

Carbon dioxide and warmer soils could be supercharging everyone’s least favorite plant.

Zoya Teirstein Climate

Walls are meant to keep out rising seas — but that water still has to go somewhere. New modeling shows it could well end up flooding your neighbors.

Matt Simon Cities

A new report has found that a policy standard would be most effective to reach the goal of 80 percent renewable energy use by 2030.

Oliver Milman, The Guardian Energy

Detroit's flooding problem needs long-term climate solutions.

Jena Brooker Cities

Members of Congress from Western states are pushing for $750 million to turn wastewater into pure water. Here’s how that works.

Matt Simon Science

Researchers propose a new kind of carbon price that would reduce the burden of carbon clean-up on future generations.

Emily Pontecorvo Energy

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