Energy & Environment

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

The US finally has a law to tackle climate change

What’s in the “game changer” climate legislation nobody saw coming.

By Rebecca Leber

Hidden inside the Inflation Reduction Act: $20 billion to help fix our farms

Farming often harms the environment. Biden’s inflation bill could help blunt its impact.

By Benji Jones

The Inflation Reduction Act, explained

By Emily Stewart, Li Zhou, and 1 more August 16

How the Western drought is pushing the power grid to the brink

By Umair Irfan August 16

Fight climate change. End fossilflation. Here’s how.

By Rebecca Leber August 12

Listen to the heartbeat of the largest animal to have ever lived

By Benji Jones August 11

The search for an AC that doesn’t destroy the planet

By Rebecca Heilweil August 10

We talk about heat waves in a weird way

By Neel Dhanesha August 10

Where climate change has brought too much water — and too little

By Neel Dhanesha August 9

Meanwhile, Congress is set to pass a huge wildlife conservation bill with bipartisan support

By Benji Jones August 8

The US could stop one cause of heat wave deaths tomorrow

By Rebecca Leber August 3

Down to Earth

Why scientists are desperate to find a salamander that’s been missing for 71 years

More than 2,000 species worldwide are considered lost. Could finding them avert extinctions?

By Benji Jones August 1

Climate fixes are all aimed at property owners. What about renters?

By Neel Dhanesha July 27

Beavers are heat wave heroes

By Benji Jones July 22

Europe’s gas crisis is here

By Jen Kirby July 21

Congress failed on climate. What can Biden do now?

By Rebecca Leber July 20

It’s so hot in Europe that roads are literally buckling

By Neel Dhanesha and Benji Jones July 20

Europe is burning like it’s 2052

By Umair Irfan July 19

A needed nuclear option for climate change

By Bryan Walsh July 12

Why disasters are getting more severe but killing fewer people

By Umair Irfan July 10

Preparing for extreme weather is a community concern. Here’s how to be ready.

By Muizz Akhtar July 8

What the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling means for air pollution — and your health

By Siobhan McDonough July 7

Otters are thriving in … Iowa?

By Benji Jones July 4

The Supreme Court’s big EPA decision is a massive power grab by the justices

By Ian Millhiser June 30

The Supreme Court’s fleeting gift to the coal industry

By Rebecca Leber and Umair Irfan June 30

The Supreme Court’s EPA ruling isn’t the only legal attack on the environment

By Umair Irfan and Neel Dhanesha June 30

The biggest myths about gas prices

By Rebecca Leber June 27

When you drive for work, $5 gas hurts

By Rani Molla June 23

This could be the coolest summer of the rest of your life

By Benji Jones June 22

Biden distanced himself from Saudi Arabia — until gas prices got bad

By Jonathan Guyer June 21

The SEC did a sensible thing on climate change. A right-wing campaign is trying to kill it.

By Rebecca Leber June 21

How Yellowstone’s animals survive a catastrophic flood

By Benji Jones June 17

What gas prices do — and don’t — tell us about the economy

By Rebecca Leber June 17

A teensy, tiny glimmer of hope for polar bears

By Benji Jones June 16

The federal government started New Mexico’s largest wildfire. It had good intentions.

By Neel Dhanesha June 15

Why investors suddenly care about saving the environment

By Benji Jones June 15

Climate change is all about power. You have more than you think.

By Rebecca Leber June 9

Why Joe Biden is invoking a war power to build heat pumps and solar panels

By Neel Dhanesha June 8

Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world

By Kelsey Piper June 8

The simple, impactful way to make cars cleaner

By Umair Irfan June 2

The pollution from Russia’s war will poison Ukraine for decades

By Benji Jones June 2

The Texas grid is designed to fail

By Neel Dhanesha May 29