energy transition

View looking north showing the Strait of Hormuz, connecting the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf, with the Zagros Mountains and Qeshm Island of Iran in the background, and areas of Oman, Muscat and the United Arab Emirates in the foreground, as seen from the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1992. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Archive Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The war on Iran will speed the transition away from fossil fuels and toward nuclear energy, creating strategic challenges for the United States

By Rachel Bronson | Analysis, Nuclear Energy

a bitcoin mining farm

Is bitcoin driving a green transformation, or fueling a mirage?

By Maximilian Gill, Jona Stinner, Marcel Tyrell | Climate Change

What it will take to restart decommissioned US nuclear plants. A primer

By Kathryn Huff, Nathan Ryan | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

map of the western united states and a solar farm

Permitting reform is back from the dead. Will lawmakers sacrifice America’s public lands to the fossil fuel industry?

By Dustin Mulvaney | Climate Change

New Mexico utility wants to invest in green hydrogen, but locals aren’t sold—yet

By Mary Catherine O’Connor | Climate Change

solar energy development construction site

Expanding the bull’s eye of solar development on public lands

By Dustin Mulvaney | Climate Change

olivine in rock

Golden hydrogen—or fool’s gold?

By Eric McFarland | Climate Change

What’s fueling the commercial fusion hype?

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy

illustration of scissors about to cut through the red tape on a wind turbine

Cutting the red tape for cleaner energy: The pros and cons of permitting reform

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

windmills silhouetted against purple background

Get rid of bottlenecks—not environmental reviews

By Jamie Pleune | Climate Change

Report: small nuclear reactors an ‘uncertain and unproven’ technology that could delay Australia’s transition to renewables

By Graham Readfearn | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

solar panels on homes

Battle over solar power in the Golden State

By Dustin Mulvaney | Climate Change