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Posted on October 5, 2024

Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity

Highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, soon to shutter its last nuclear plant, and slow to build out renewables, the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips is heading toward an energy crunch.
Posted on October 3, 2024

As Wildfires Rage, California’s Insurance Market Is in Crisis

Providers are offering fewer and fewer policies because of costlier climate-fueled fires, homeowners moving into riskier areas, and outdated regulation of the insurance industry.
Posted on October 2, 2024

Hurricane Helene Shows How Broken the US Insurance System Is

Many homeowners in North Carolina won’t be insured against flooding or landslides due to the fragmented way in which disasters are covered.
Posted on October 2, 2024

Formula E’s Race to Get the Whole World Electrified

Since launching in 2014, the world’s premier EV racing series has made huge technological leaps and gained hundreds of millions of fans. But CEO Jeff Dodds won’t rest until every new car is electric.
Posted on September 28, 2024

These Record-Breaking New Solar Panels Produce 60 Percent More Electricity

Experimental cells that combine silicon with a material called perovskite have broken the efficiency record for converting solar energy—and could eventually supercharge how we get electricity.
Posted on September 28, 2024

A Lawsuit From Backers of a ‘Startup City’ Could Bankrupt Honduras

The country faces a wave of claims after it repealed a law allowing for special economic zones. Chief among them is an American company looking to build a semi-autonomous “startup city” called Próspera.
Posted on September 27, 2024

Scientists Figured Out How to Recycle Plastic by Vaporizing It

A new technique could prevent tons of waste in the future—if it can scale.
Posted on September 23, 2024

In Praise of Climate Virtue Signaling

Politicians and other leaders don’t like to brag about their green credentials. But what if a little virtue is exactly what we’re missing?
Posted on September 21, 2024

California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground

A new study finds that the state should replenish groundwater aquifers to sustain agriculture.
Posted on September 20, 2024

The Multiple Ways Climate Change Threatens to Make Migraines Worse

Migraine sufferers are often triggered by the weather, and research suggests warming temperatures and more extreme weather events worsen attacks.

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