Energy

This month brings new books from Greta Thunberg, Robert Macfarlane, the activists behind Extinction Rebellion and other conservation experts.

A camera detection system is helping the wind energy industry become safer for protected birds, but the technology is still being refined.

There’s much to learn from local efforts — and good reasons why they’ll need to be part of the process, experts say. But can states do it on their own?

An organization focused on increasing energy independence for American Indians is helping to bring light, jobs and new opportunities to tribal communities.

Is it worth flying halfway around the world to see an endangered species if the greenhouse emissions from flying put that species further at risk?

An indigenous resistance is leading the fight to protect Central America's rivers from an onslaught of dams that threaten the region's rich biodiversity.

Surprisingly, the climate-threatening industry is still in a growth mode in some parts of the world. Will that change fast enough to save the planet?

The new book Burn says we need to rethink our relationship with carbon and embrace one of its solid forms — biochar.

Experts warn that the rush for new oil and gas drilling in 2018 will have consequences for the climate, but there are ways to slow it down — or even stop it.

New books hitting shelves this month ask if we’re doomed (or at least how badly) while laying out critical solutions to the climate crisis.