Energy

Charging more for electricity during peak hours could strain finances and negatively affect health for some disadvantaged populations

World-changing technologies that are poised to rattle the status quo

Brookline, Mass., recently became the first New England town to ban natural gas hookups in new construction

Money will be redirected to clean energy innovation, efficiency and renewables

Scientists and policy makers assess whether California’s utilities will have to regularly cut power over the next decade to lessen huge wildfires

While the frontrunners all want to reduce carbon emissions, their proposed policies vary on issues like nuclear power

Solar arrays placed in agricultural fields can benefit both energy and crop production

More people moving into forested areas and an outmoded power grid also raise fire risk in California

An intentional blackout was aimed at keeping power equipment from sparking a wildfire

The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to John Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino “for the development of lithium-ion batteries.”

The city is connecting rooftop solar installations and storage batteries to increase resilience during storms and heat waves

Climate initiatives improve some states’ rankings as others fall behind