Energy & Climate

The looming COP 21 climate conference in Paris will be a test of just how much has changed from past attempts at international coordination.

Sensors, software analytics and distributed generation are inspiring incremental, yet profound behind-the-scenes changes to our power infrastructure.

Pets are people too, or at least that's how Americans feed them. And the excess meat and fish dogs and cats eat are a sustainability problem.

Angry citizens are taking companies to court for causing climate change. Will Big Oil go the way of Big Tobacco?

Instead of paying generators a flat rate for every kilowatt-hour, how about an output-based approach that rewards production?

Its “energy as a service” platform helps utilities add demand response, smart metering quickly without minimal upfront investment.

Unanswered safety and privacy questions, compounded by a lack of understanding about potential economic and environmental impact, has held the nascent drone industry back.

Cutting emissions linked to short-term climate pollutants is one important component of climate action that is often overlooked.

Imagining an electric grid where energy is collected from many distributed sources and where the cost of carbon and grid efficiency are reflected in pricing.