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Energy Hogs: Can World’s Huge Data Centers Be Made More Efficient?

By Fred Pearce

Europe Takes First Steps in Electrifying World’s Shipping Fleets

By Paul Hockenos

Block Island Wind Farm off the Rhode Island coast began operating in December 2016.

After an Uncertain Start, U.S. Offshore Wind Is Powering Up

By Roger Drouin

Analysis

Will Self-Driving Cars Usher in a Transportation Utopia or Dystopia?

By Jacques Leslie

The number of cars on the road in Germany has continued to increase, from 41 million in 2008 to 46 million today.

In Drive to Cut Emissions, Germany Confronts Its Car Culture

By Christian Schwägerl

Interview

Could Evaporation Be a Significant Source of Renewable Energy?

By Diane Toomey

Unnatural Surveillance: How Online Data Is Putting Species at Risk

By Adam Welz

Utilities Grapple with Rooftop Solar and the New Energy Landscape

By Jacques Leslie

Should Genetic Engineering Be Used as a Tool for Conservation?

By Richard Conniff

Satellite image of the Sundarbans coastal forest in Bangladesh, which is habitat for the endangered Bengal tiger.

Eyes on Nature: How Satellite Imagery Is Transforming Conservation Science

By Richard Conniff

The North Star Solar farm in Minnesota, which generates enough electricity to power 20,000 homes.

Northern Lights: Large-Scale Solar Power Is Spreading Across the U.S.

By Cheryl Katz

Technology

A Splash of River Water Now Reveals the DNA of All Its Creatures

By Jim Robbins

Electric charging stations in Berlin, Germany.

With Norway in Lead, Europe Set for Surge in Electric Vehicles

By Paul Hockenos

A plume of exhaust extends from the Mitchell Power Station, a coal-fired power plant built along the Monongahela River, 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, in New Eagle, Pennsylvania.

Analysis

How Far Can Technology Go to Stave Off Climate Change?

By David Biello

Forests cleared for oil palm plantations in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Solutions

How Tracking Product Sources May Help Save World’s Forests

By Fred Pearce

An elephant at the Amboseli game reserve, approximately 250 km south of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

How Forensics Are Boosting the Battle Against the Wildlife Trade

By Heather Millar

Wind turbines at the Burbo Bank project in the U.K.

Solutions

Offshore Wind Energy is Booming in Europe

By Christian Schwägerl

For China’s Massive Data Centers, a Push to Cut Energy and Water Use

By Coco Liu

Fast Fashion

Pressure Mounts to Reform Our Throwaway Clothing Culture

By Marc Gunther

Can Uber-Style Buses Help Relieve India’s Air Pollution?

India’s megacities have some the deadliest air and worst traffic congestion in the world. But Indian startups are now launching initiatives that link smart-phone apps and private shuttle buses and could help keep cars and other motorized vehicles off the roads.

By Jason Overdorf

How ‘Third Way’ Technologies Can Help Turn Tide on Climate

In a Yale Environment 360 interview, Australian scientist and author Tim Flannery explains how the development of technologies that mimic the earth’s natural carbon-removing processes could provide a critical tool for slowing global warming.

By Richard Schiffman