A Rare Bright Spot for U.S. Solar: Subscriptions
The solar company Sunrun has managed to thrive despite President Trump’s crackdown on renewable energy, offering what it calls “energy as a service.”
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The Guardian view on waste: the festive season is a good time to think about rubbish | Editorial
Weak regulation is to blame for disastrous failures in relation to pollution. But there are solutions if people get behind them A study suggesting that as many as 168m light-up Christmas ornaments and similar items could be thrown out in…
Patrick Rea
Patrick Rea Geospatial Coordination Lead, Contractor, Disaster Response Coordination System, Science Directorate, NASA Langley Research Center Mr. Patrick Rea, a Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. employee, will be serving as the Geospatial Coordination Lead within the DRCS Program Office where he…
Sprites Over Château de Beynac
Nicolas Escurat A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena…
Environmental activists remain jailed in Cambodia on Human Rights Defenders Day
Environmental activists remain jailed in Cambodia on Human Rights Defenders Day In honor of Human Rights Defenders Day on Dec. 9, Mongabay looks back at The Clearing, a documentary about young Cambodian activists currently jailed for their environmental and social…
‘Myopic’ fisheries managers toy with a new ‘tragedy of the commons’ (commentary)
The way the oceans are managed is meant to be like a successful medieval commons. Most medieval commons weren’t open-access, but commoners had distinct rights in law and committees organized the grazing. Commons were saved from overexploitation by the practice…
Ofgem approves early investment in three UK electricity ‘superhighways’
Green light intended to limit amount consumers pay for windfarms to turn off during periods of high generation Three major UK electricity “superhighways” could move ahead sooner than expected to help limit the amount that households pay for windfarms to…
New report warns of mounting planetary crises — and pathways to hope
A global U.N. report released Dec. 9 warns that the planet is on track for deeper climate shocks, accelerating biodiversity loss, worsening land degradation and deadly pollution — unless countries drastically transform how economies are powered, fed and governed. The…
New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals
A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. Accompanying him in the high-flying ER-2 aircraft is one of the most advanced imaging spectrometers in the solar…
Can we create new inland seas to lower sea level rise? Interview with researcher Amir AghaKouchak
Sea levels are rising, threatening coastal areas, including cities, around the world. Due to climate change, the global ocean has already risen by 21-24 centimeters (about 8-9.5 inches) since 1880, and the rate is accelerating, according to the U.S. National…