Energy

The planet needed a big win, and from the top to the bottom of the ballot there were a number of crucial victories.

The United States must grapple with a legacy of 90,000 dams, many unsafe or unwanted.

U.S. states hope to tap Canada’s network of large dams to meet low-carbon goals, but do better options exist closer to home?

Across the country voters will weigh in on ballot measures to decide issues like wolf reintroduction, taxes on oil companies and renewable energy standards.

A plan to import hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts begs the question of whether big hydro along with its reservoirs and dams, is green enough to be worth the cost.

Despite divestment victories, big banks and asset managers continue driving climate change through their lending practices.

“Routine flaring” from oil wells produces emissions that harm the climate and human health. Two states have proposed new rules to reduce it, just as the true scope of the problem emerges.

Timing is running short to develop an international framework to help prevent environmental harm to deep-sea life and to share resources equitably among nations, experts say.

Wolves often get the blame for killing caribou in Canada’s boreal forests, but the real threat is human activity, new research finds.

Environmental, economic and political forces have converged, threatening to finally upend fossil fuel dominance.