Environment

Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?

Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?

Albert Wagner

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just four West African countries are ...

A Nifty Device Could One Day Turn Your Car’s Exhaust Into Electricity

A Nifty Device Could One Day Turn Your Car’s Exhaust Into Electricity

Ev Richard

Gas-powered cars have been getting more and more efficient since they were first put to use more than 100 years ...

What’s with the EPA seizing ‘gold bars’?

What’s with the EPA seizing ‘gold bars’?

Albert Wagner

The Trump administration is attempting to take back around $20 billion of funding that the Biden administration previously awarded to ...

Trump order threatens wind projects that could power millions of homes

Trump order threatens wind projects that could power millions of homes

Albert Wagner

A view of the turbines at Orsted’s offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023.  Tom Little | Reuters ...

How America became so car dependent

How America became so car dependent

Ev Richard

Cars dominate America. About 92% of U.S. households have access to a car. But only about 55% of Americans have ...

Donald Trump reignites the lightbulb wars

Donald Trump reignites the lightbulb wars

Albert Wagner

According to that post, he’ll direct his appointee Lee Zeldin to “go back to the common sense standards,” for lightbulbs. ...

Trump China tariffs will affect Ford, GM vehicles and auto parts

Trump China tariffs will affect Ford, GM vehicles and auto parts

Ev Richard

2024 Lincoln Nautilus  Ford DETROIT — President Donald Trump’s move Saturday to impose 10% additional tariffs on imports from China ...

As Baltic states break from Russian grid, they brace for retaliation

As Baltic states break from Russian grid, they brace for retaliation

Adesola Mojo

Heavy snow in Tallinn, Estonia Karl Hendon | Moment | Getty Images The Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia ...

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria

Albert Wagner

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line ...

Tesla car sales in China fall 11.5% as competition intensifies

Tesla car sales in China fall 11.5% as competition intensifies

Ev Richard

A Tesla showroom with its logo and electric vehicles on display, including the Model 3 and Model Y, is seen ...

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