• Energy & Environment

The global transition to clean energy, explained in 12 charts

Despite all the progress, we’re still struggling to hit the climate emergency brake.

Facebook may have too many users for its cryptocurrency to fail — even if you don’t trust it

Libra, Facebook’s new virtual coin, is the most consequential cryptocurrency effort undertaken in several years.

The US is sending 1,000 more troops to the Middle East to counter Iran

Neither side is stopping the tit-for-tat escalation.

Bitcoin is an energy hog. Where is all that electricity coming from?

A new report claims it’s mostly powered by renewables. Be skeptical.

Elizabeth Warren just introduced her child care plan in Congress

Her new legislation aims to make affordable, universal child care a reality.

Kyle Kashuv on his Harvard crisis: “I wish I could take it back. I can’t.”

I talked to Kashuv about getting his Harvard admission rescinded over using racial slurs.

He lost his ROTC scholarship when he came out. Decades later, he’s still paying back student debt.

"We need a fundamental reworking of how education works."