Stories by Benjamin Storrow

Drivers tallied 753 billion miles in the first three months of the year, the highest total on record

Earlier snowmelt can leave less water available to generate power during the height of summer

Governor Tom Wolf announced last week that his administration had finalized a regulation to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

The milestone showed both how far renewable energy has come and the lengths the country must go to reach President Joe Biden’s climate goals

Russia’s invasion is halting the delivery of wheat to areas suffering from drought and other climate impacts

Soon the globe could have more clean energy—or higher-priced oil

Shipping delays and rising a equipment costs could hamper installations

Greenhouse gas emissions rose 7 percent in 2021, as high natural gas prices buoyed coal use

A raft of laws and regulations have included limits on power-sector emissions and cap-and-trade provisions

Some groups worry a proposed tax credit could offer a lifeline to coal-powered plants

Ending oil and gas drilling on federal lands would cause a relatively small reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

The demise of the program is the latest setback for carbon pricing in the U.S.

Economics is already playing a large role in curtailing American coal power

Reconciliation legislation provides $555 billion in climate and clean energy spending

The incentives cover established sectors, such as wind and solar, as well as emerging technology, such as green hydrogen

These huge construction projects can feature turbines taller than some skyscrapers

The International Energy Agency outlines the steps needed to overhaul energy systems to meet global warming goals

But questions remain about how much greenhouse gases would actually be reduced

Biden is appointing “totally different kinds of people” to solve climate change

The state simultaneously has the highest-emissions grid in the country and leads the nation in wind power

Issues with natural gas supplies and the grid’s isolation both factored in to the massive outages

Extreme weather is increasingly likely to test electric grids and energy supply systems

A massive coal plant, demolished in December, was a linchpin of the Navajo and Hopi economies for nearly 50 years

The pandemic drove a 10.3 percent decline in greenhouse gases last year but experts expect levels to rebound in 2021