ENERGY

Doing the impossible: harvesting solar power from space

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

It’s an idea straight out of science fiction: A space station orbits around Earth, harvesting energy from the sun and beaming it ...

Dark energy remains a mystery. Maybe AI can help crack the code

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

As humans struggle to understand dark energy, the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerated expansion, scientists have started to wonder something rather ...

Saudi Arabia, Russia and several OPEC+ producers extend voluntary crude supply cuts until end of June

Business
Jessica Roberts

Saudi Arabia will stretch out its voluntary crude production cut of 1 million barrels per day until the end of the second ...

Tornado warning issued for Jackson, Ingham counties in Michigan expires

Trending
Sarah Wilson

A tornado warning issued until 1:30 a.m. Wednesday for northern Jackson and Ingham counties in south central Michigan has expired as a ...

Daytona 500 storylines, starting with weather watch; NASCAR on Go

Trending
Sarah Wilson

Two-Minute Drill: Daytona 500, high school soccer and basketball playoffs The 2024 Daytona 500 may run into weather delays, plus high school ...

Second Trump presidency would axe Biden climate agenda, gut energy regulators

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Valerie Volcovici and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has spent years implementing programs to fight climate change ...

Nuclear fusion lab sets record for most energy created with single reaction

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Since 1983, scientists have used England’s Joint European Torus (JET) to recreate nuclear fusion, the merging of atoms that powers the sun ...

How we tallied local bans, limits on renewable energy nationwide

U.S.
Amanda Smith

As wind turbines get more efficient and solar panels more affordable, wind and solar plants have grown rapidly.  Efforts to block them ...

Are wind turbines bad, solar panels toxic?

Business
Jessica Roberts

Here’s how wind farms affect our environment Wind energy is the largest renewable energy source in the US, but it can be ...

Why US counties often ban solar, wind power plants

Business
Jessica Roberts

Across America’s power grid, there’s a growing gap between what we need and what we’ll allow. As the planet warms and climate ...