All posts by Casey Crownhart

I’ll admit that I’ve rarely hesitated to point an accusing finger at air-conditioning. I’ve outlined in many stories and newsletters

China is the dominant force in next-generation energy technologies today. It’s pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into putting renewable

We got two big pieces of energy news from Google this week. The company announced that it’s signed an agreement

Lithium-ion batteries have some emerging competition: Sodium-based alternatives are starting to make inroads. Sodium is more abundant on Earth than

It’s been a little over a week since we published Power Hungry, a package that takes a hard look at

While it’s rare to look at the news without finding some headline related to AI and energy, a lot of

Nuclear reactors could someday power a chemical plant in Texas, making it the first with such a facility onsite. The

Glaciers generally move so slowly you can’t see their progress with the naked eye. (Their pace is … glacial.) But

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Boom Supersonic broke the sound barrier in a test flight of its XB-1 jet last week, marking an early step