The Climate Fix: Africa’s Solar Revolution
Editor’s note: Last week, the United Nations’ climate chief called the global transition away from fossil fuels “unstoppable,” despite the United States’ recent turn away from the fight against climate…
Inside a $35 Billion Loan Project, Led by World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa
The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on electric-power…
Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World
President Trump’s repudiation of renewable-energy technologies stands to make the United States an outlier in the world. Many of its large-economy peers are choosing a different path. Even as coal,…
Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar
President Trump is moving to restructure the nation’s energy future to block any transition away from fossil fuels. And he is testing the boundaries of presidential power to do it.…
Fire Breaks Out at a Huge Battery Site in California
A large fire erupted on Thursday at the Moss Landing battery plant, south of San Jose, Calif., closing Highway 1 and prompting local the authorities to issue evacuation orders for…