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Energy & Environment

Vox's coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues

New York just passed the most ambitious climate target in the country

Carbon-free electricity by 2040 and a net-zero carbon economy by 2050.

By David Roberts

The worst part of a heat wave is when it doesn’t cool off at night

A major heat wave is affecting most of the United States. Its biggest risks may come at night.

By Umair Irfan

Why 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang doesn’t want to break up Google

By Eric Johnson July 19

America is warming fast. See how your city’s weather will be different in just one generation.

Here’s how much the winters and summers in the city closest to you may change in about 30 years.

By Umair Irfan, Eliza Barclay, and 1 other July 19

Why Barry dropped much less rain on the Gulf coast than forecasters expected

By Umair Irfan July 16

Louisiana may get hit by a hurricane this weekend. New Orleans is already flooded.

By Brian Resnick July 11

The climate change policy with the most potential is the most neglected

By David Roberts July 11

Bernie Sanders and AOC want Congress to declare a national emergency over climate change

By Tara Golshan July 9

Coal left Appalachia devastated. Now it’s doing the same to Wyoming.

By David Roberts July 9

Restoring forests may be one of our most powerful weapons in fighting climate change

By Umair Irfan July 5

Scientists found a seaweed patch stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to Africa

By Brian Resnick July 4

We might get a climate debate after all. Here are 10 questions to ask candidates.

By David Roberts July 3

Cities are beginning to own up to the climate impacts of what they consume

By David Roberts July 1

Oregon Republicans to return after a week-long walkout to block a climate bill

By Umair Irfan June 28

Is climate change an “existential threat” — or just a catastrophic one?

By Kelsey Piper June 28

113 degrees in France: why Europe is so vulnerable to extreme heat

By Umair Irfan June 28

Climate change got just 15 minutes out of 4 hours of Democratic debates

By Umair Irfan June 28

The UK is now committed by law to the most aggressive climate target in the world

By Umair Irfan June 27

How lemurs (and humans) are cooling off in Europe’s record heat wave

By Brian Resnick June 27

Solar and wind are coming. And the power sector isn’t ready.

By David Roberts June 27

The 5 most important questions about carbon taxes, answered

By David Roberts June 27

Climate got more time in the Democrats’ first 2020 debate than in all 2016 debates combined

By Umair Irfan June 27

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

How 2020 Democrats plan to fight climate change

By Umair Irfan, David Roberts, and 1 other June 26

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Elizabeth Warren thinks corruption is why the US hasn’t acted on climate change

By Umair Irfan June 26

6 questions on climate change 2020 Democrats should have to answer in the debates

By Umair Irfan June 26

Vox’s guide to the 2020 presidential candidates

Jay Inslee’s presidential campaign is all about climate change

By Ella Nilsen June 26

The global transition to clean energy, explained in 12 charts

By David Roberts June 26

Why the Democratic Party doesn’t want a presidential debate about climate change

By Umair Irfan June 25

Watch Mike Pence pack 2 big lies about the environment into a single 20-second clip

By Aaron Rupar June 24

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

Jay Inslee has a radical plan to phase out fossil fuel production in the US

By David Roberts June 24

The climate crisis and the end of the golden era of food choice

By Sean Illing June 24

Oregon Republicans are still on the lam to avoid voting on a major climate change bill

By Umair Irfan June 23

Frank Luntz vs. Grover Norquist: the GOP’s climate change dilemma in a nutshell

By David Roberts June 21

Trump’s EPA just replaced Obama’s signature climate policy with a much weaker rule

By Umair Irfan June 19

The Green New Deal is fracturing a critical base for Democrats: unions

By Umair Irfan June 19

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

By Umair Irfan June 18

4 maps that show who’s being left behind in America’s wind-power boom

By Umair Irfan and Javier Zarracina June 14

What’s actually in the Green New Deal, explained with a video

By Alvin Chang and Dion Lee June 12

The severe floods soaking the Midwest and Southeast are not letting up

By Umair Irfan June 11

New York is building a wall to hold back the ocean

By Kimberly Mas and Diana Budds June 11

There’s a new meatless Beyond Burger. It tastes even more like meat.

By Kelsey Piper June 11

These senators are going after the biggest climate villains in Washington

By David Roberts June 7