SCIENCE AND TECH
America’s new high-risk, high-reward $20 billion climate push
The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $20 billion to nonprofit organizations to help finance projects that boost clean energy and reduce emissions
Want an elephant? Botswana’s president says his country has too many.
President Mokgweetsi Masisi has bridled at calls by Germany and Britain to ban trophy hunting, suggesting that these countries try to live with the enormous animals themselves
HOAs are blocking solar panels and native lawns. Here’s how to fight back.
The law may be in your corner if you’re making environmental updates to your home
The problem with your sneakers? They’re built to last too long.
Your shoes leave behind a trail of plastic. Now, companies are trying to clean it up by making soles out of plants
Weather Service radar and warning systems failed Tuesday during a severe storm outbreak
It was not the first instance of such a network failure — more isolated outages occur as often as once a month, Herzmann said — but was perhaps the most consequential in recent memory
Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two years
The network of fast chargers promised by the Biden Administration has had a painfully slow rollout
China is all in on green tech. The U.S. and Europe fear unfair competition.
China dominates global production of solar panels, electric vehicles and wind turbines, but the United States and Europe say it’s not competing fairly
Fears of environmental disaster rise as ship sinks after Houthi attack
The Rubymar cargo ship was carrying 21,000 metric tons of fertilizer when it sank in the Red Sea, Central Command said. The Houthis hit it with a missile in February
Electric trucks get a boost from Biden, worrying trucking industry
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules Friday requiring reductions in tailpipe emissions from new trucks, delivery vans and buses
Steel, cement and — cheese? U.S. spends big to cut these carbon footprints.
Some $6 billion in federal funding will help reduce emissions from industrial facilities including steel mills, cement plants and a macaroni and cheese factory