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Energy & Environment

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

Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy

A guide to how 2020 Democrats plan to fight climate change

Tactics include taxing carbon, prosecuting polluters, space mirrors, and trillions of dollars in investment.

By Umair Irfan

A new solar heat technology could help solve one of the trickiest climate problems

Making high-temperature industrial heat from sunlight.

By David Roberts

These senators are going after the biggest climate villains in Washington

By David Roberts November 18

Melting permafrost in the Arctic is unlocking diseases and warping the landscape

By Brian Resnick November 15

The year’s best documentary turns climate change into a sci-fi film

By Alissa Wilkinson November 15

Why Bernie Sanders and AOC are targeting public housing in the first Green New Deal bill

By Ella Nilsen and Umair Irfan November 14

America’s wilderness is for sale

By Laura Bult and Liz Scheltens November 14

Climate change will affect “every single stage” of a child’s life, health researchers warn

By Umair Irfan November 13

Greta Thunberg is sailing to the next big climate event in Spain

By Umair Irfan November 13

These uses of CO2 could cut emissions — and make trillions of dollars

By David Roberts November 13

The law that’s helping fuel Delhi’s deadly air pollution

By Umair Irfan November 13

The best case for and against a fracking ban

By Umair Irfan November 12

Climate change lawsuits are not going away

By Umair Irfan November 12

How should billionaires spend their money to fight climate change? I asked 9 experts.

By Sigal Samuel November 12

Energy & Environment

Clean energy technologies threaten to overwhelm the grid. Here’s how it can adapt.

The centralized, top-down power grid is outdated. Time for a bottom-up redesign.

By David Roberts November 11

Colorado’s cleanest energy options are also its cheapest

By David Roberts November 7

Virginia Democrats campaigned on their Green New Deal and fighting climate change. And won.

By Umair Irfan November 6

Why restoring nature is so important to limiting climate change

By Umair Irfan November 6

Trump’s fight with California over vehicle emissions rules has divided automakers

By Umair Irfan November 5

The Paris climate agreement is at risk of falling apart in the 2020s

By David Roberts November 5

The United States has filed the official paperwork to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement

By Umair Irfan November 4

More than 1,000 Google employees signed a letter demanding the company reduce its carbon emissions

By Shirin Ghaffary November 4

Bernie Sanders’s new bet: a climate change message can win him the Iowa caucuses

By Tara Golshan and Ella Nilsen November 4

The radical reform necessary to prepare California’s power system for the 21st century

By David Roberts November 1

New fires are spreading in California despite power blackouts to prevent ignition

By Umair Irfan November 1

A major Los Angeles fire was sparked by a tree branch hitting a power line

By Umair Irfan October 30

Wildfires are making California’s deadly air pollution even worse

By Umair Irfan October 28

Wildfires and blackouts mean Californians need solar panels and microgrids

By David Roberts October 28

My advice for aspiring explainer journalists

By David Roberts October 25

California’s deliberate blackouts were outrageous and harmful. They’re going to happen again.

By David Roberts October 24

Using electricity at different times of day could save us billions of dollars

By David Roberts October 24

Study: US air pollution deaths increased by 9,700 a year from 2016 to 2018

By Dylan Matthews October 24

Features

The survivors

A year after the Camp Fire nearly leveled Paradise, California, the money is drying up and a lawsuit rages. Can recovery efforts ever return a community to its old self?

By Colleen Hagerty October 23

3 key solutions to California’s wildfire safety blackout mess

By David Roberts October 22

This is a worst-possible wildfire scenario for Southern California

By Eliza Barclay October 21

Wildfires are raging in Lebanon. Experts say they saw this coming.

By Hannah Brown October 17

We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 6 key questions on climate change

Here’s what they said.

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We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 6 key questions on climate change

What 2020 Democrats will do to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change

By Umair Irfan and David Roberts October 15

We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 6 key questions on climate change

How 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls want to help communities vulnerable to climate change

By Umair Irfan and David Roberts October 15

We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 6 key questions on climate change

The executive actions Democratic presidential hopefuls intend to use to fight climate change

By Umair Irfan and David Roberts October 15

We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 6 key questions on climate change

Are 2020 Democratic candidates ready to scrap the filibuster to fight climate change?

By Umair Irfan and David Roberts October 15

We asked 2020 Democratic candidates 6 key questions on climate change

How climate change ranks as a priority for 2020 Democratic presidential contenders

By Umair Irfan and David Roberts October 15