Alternative Energy Technology

Carbon storage has to expand rapidly, or coal burning has to cease, if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change

Ethics and costs are contentious issues tackled by the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report

When I began writing On the Grid, my book about the infrastructure systems that make our lives possible, I envisioned it as a sort of Peterson’s Guide to the Infrastructure of the Modern World.

Editor's note: This April, geologist and Ph.D. candidate Ulyana Horodyskyj will be climbing Mount Everest to determine how much soot is settling on snow at the top of mammoth glaciers, which could slow their growth at the top, even as they melt at much lower elevations.

Leaks are surprisingly common in aging urban underground pipe networks

Gas-powered electricity could slash greenhouse gases, but only if we get methane emissions under control

New incinerators appeal to cities looking to get rid of garbage and produce renewable power. But local leaders find it tough to weigh sparse evidence on health threats against public opposition

A planned micro grid in a New Jersey city could be a model for making local communities more resilient to extreme weather