Environment

Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?
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
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’?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Tesla showroom with its logo and electric vehicles on display, including the Model 3 and Model Y, is seen ...