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CEO of Nation’s Biggest Utility Talks Affordability, Fires, Outages, and Public Outrage

After PG&E pled guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the 2018 Camp Fire, Patti Poppe was brought on as the utility’s new CEO. Her stated mission: to fix it.

Kate Marvel on Fear, Wonder, and Leaving NASA

Climate scientist Kate Marvel made headlines this year when she publicly resigned from NASA, drawing coverage from Bloomberg to The New York Times. Marvel says her resign

We Got $9.99 Problems, and Energy is One

The war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz created a global energy supply crisis. And while gasoline prices didn’t reach the extreme highs some predicted a few m

How Can Cities Be Green and Affordable? Live from NY Climate Week

New York set some of the country's most ambitious climate goals, from slashing emissions to bracing for rising seas. But living in the city is freaking expensive. So what

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Won't Stop Talking About Climate

How should Democrats campaign on climate? Some are quietly shelving climate-specific language ahead of the midterms in favor of terms like “energy crisis” and “affordabil

As the Midterms Approach, What’s Electrifying the Electorate?

As the 2026 midterms approach, voters are contending with concerns around affordability, the AI boom, and climate disruption in their daily lives. AI data centers have be

New Nuclear, Old Challenges. What Now?

Growing power demands – coupled with increasingly frequent climate-driven disasters – have led even staunch environmentalists like NRDC head Manish Bapna to rethink their

The Little EVs That Could Displace Big Oil

While most Americans think of a truck or a sedan when they hear “electric vehicle,” a quiet revolution is happening in other countries on two and three wheels. In China a

ENCORE: Protest and Beyond: Annie Leonard On What You Can Do

Protest is the ultimate in equal-opportunity political action. As Annie Leonard, former executive director of Greenpeace USA says, “Making change is like laying a stone p

It’s Too Damn Hot… So What Can We Do?

We all complain about the heat, yet it's a climate threat we routinely underestimate. In the U.S., extreme heat kills more people each year than floods, fires and hurrica

ENCORE: Benji Backer and Katharine Hayhoe on Finding Common Ground

At a time when nearly everything feels polarized, Benji Backer is trying to carve out a different path, one where caring about the natural world isn’t a partisan issue. A

A Cancer Diagnosis Reframed How Ben Santer Thinks About Climate Science

Atmospheric scientist Ben Santer pioneered the research that connects human activity to specific climate events. Now, pursuing treatment for a rare type of lymphoma, he s

Hollywood, Baseball, Cage Fights, and… Climate

When it comes to climate, we have the facts, but we aren’t moving fast enough. So we need to get climate education and solutions into the places where people already spen

How Do I Say This…

It’s becoming increasingly clear that how we talk about climate change matters as much as the science or policy itself. The words we use carry weight, and climate communi

Cleaner Steel is Coming. Will the Communities That Built the Industry Benefit?

Making steel accounts for around 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions. But the industry could reduce that number by removing coal from the steel-making process entirely

Beyond the Rights of Nature: Land that Owns Itself

The “rights of nature” is the idea that if a corporation can have legal standing as a person, why can’t a river or a mountain? Thomas Linzey, one of the early architects

ENCORE Dead Heat: The Danger Of Home Power Shutoffs

Summer is here, temperatures are rising — and so are electric bills. That also means many people are facing a severely overlooked issue: power shutoffs. According to a re

When Your New Neighbor Is… a Data Center

Across the country, developers are racing to build huge new buildings to house computers to fuel the AI boom, creating an explosive demand for new energy. While some hype

Making Solar Great Again

More and more, conservative voices are making the case that the U.S. can’t achieve energy dominance without solar power. Even the leading industry trade group is changing

Medium Rare: What’s Next For Meat?

Industrial agriculture accounts for a significant share of global emissions, but meat alternatives face real hurdles in becoming a mainstay of consumer diets. The hype ar