Audrey Carleton
Audrey Carleton is an environmental journalist based in Brooklyn.
The American Oil Lobby Is Having a Field Day Over Ukrainian War
The fossil fuel industry is pushing to roll back climate-protecting regulations and expand drilling in the wake of the Ukrainian crisis.
War in Ukraine Could Create Permanent Nuclear and Chemical Environmental Disasters
On top of the primary death and destruction, Russian invasion could disturb highly sensitive nuclear and chemical waste in Chernobyl and Donbas.
The US Is Turning an Area Half the Size of Rhode Island Into a Wind Farm
The Biden administration’s largest offshore wind auction is happening today.
The World’s Smallest Battery Assembles Itself
Researchers have designed a dust-sized battery small enough to fit into the human body.
The Largest Lithium-Ion Battery in the World Keeps Melting
Ten battery packs melted in an energy storage facility in California, the second meltdown in five months.
Apple ‘Conflict Minerals Disclosure’ Says It Stopped Working With 12 Suppliers
According to a SEC filing, the company has removed 163 smelters and refiners from its supply chain since 2009.
Big Oil Has a Plan to Turn Appalachia Into Hydrogen Country
'It is an excuse to keep drilling, obfuscated under a new identity.'
Texas Bitcoin Miners Shutting Down to Help Power Grid Survive Winter Storm
Bitcoin miners in energy-rich Texas are seizing the moment to make good on their promises of helping the power grid during Winter Storm Landon.
Lithium Battery Fires Are Threatening Recycling as We Know It
People are tossing old electronics in the recycling bin, and they're lighting on fire and exploding at municipal recycling centers at an alarming rate.
Ecuadorian Pipeline Ruptures, Spewing Crude Oil Into Amazon Rainforest
The full extent of the damage is still unknown.
CBD Companies Prematurely Latch On to Research Saying Cannabis Can Prevent Covid
'I don't disregard good science, but it does not mean that the drug is proven to be safe, effective.'
A Piece of SpaceX Rocket Junk Is Going to Slam Into the Moon
It will be the first time a human-made object unintentionally crashes into the Moon, according to the astronomer tracking the rocket stage.