Environment

Pinang Island is a private island that costs ,000 per night

Pinang Island is a private island that costs $1,000 per night

Bob Elliott

When Richard Kvech first set foot on Pinang four years ago, a dilapidated bungalow used by passing fishermen was the ...

Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry

Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry

Albert Wagner

A spokesperson for Sibelco said: “As of September 26th, we have temporarily halted operations at the Spruce Pine facilities in ...

Why U.S. auto factories are so unproductive

Why U.S. auto factories are so unproductive

Ev Richard

Automotive factories throughout the United States and around the world are not producing nearly as many cars as they need ...

America’s coal communities could help the U.S. triple nuclear power

America’s coal communities could help the U.S. triple nuclear power

Albert Wagner

A bulldozer moves coal that will be burned to generate electricity at the American Electric Power coal-fired power plant in ...

Microplastics in your drink? UBC develops cheap, portable plastic particle detector

Microplastics in your drink? UBC develops cheap, portable plastic particle detector

Albert Wagner

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they’ve come up with ...

AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

Mickey Vernon

This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein ...

The World’s Biggest Bitcoin Mine Is Rattling This Texas Oil Town

The World’s Biggest Bitcoin Mine Is Rattling This Texas Oil Town

Mickey Vernon

The previous October, Sawicky organized a weeklong protest alongside environmental activist group Greenpeace and brandished various anti-bitcoin signs at anyone ...

Porsche-backed Cylib breaks ground on huge EV battery recycling plant

Porsche-backed Cylib breaks ground on huge EV battery recycling plant

John Ray

Cylib, a startup backed by Porsche and Bosch, is building a huge electric vehicle battery recycling facility in Dormagen, a ...

China’s Zeekr to launch first electric SUV, priced to undercut Tesla’s Model Y

China’s Zeekr to launch first electric SUV, priced to undercut Tesla’s Model Y

Albert Wagner

Geely-backed Zeekr is releasing an electric SUV in direct competition with Tesla’s Model Y. Zeekr Electric vehicle company Zeekr announced ...

The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

Albert Wagner

Moqadi Mokoena had been feeling uneasy all day. When he’d left his home on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, ...