energy
Here's Why Your Phone Battery Sucks
Besides the daily frustration of running low, there's a lot more to know about those rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
How China’s Addiction to Coal Is Ravaging Zimbabwe’s Environment
When wildlife monitors came across a group of Chinese men drilling in Hwange National Park, they assumed they'd wandered into the park by accident.
The End of the Oil Age Is Upon Us
A new report suggests that over the next 30 years, at least 80 percent of the oil industry will be wiped out.
Scientists Turn Normal Red Bricks into Electricity-Storing Supercapacitors
“We have created a new brick that can be incorporated into your house that has the functionality of storing electrical energy.”
Scientists Found Creatures So Inactive They Expanded Our Idea of Life Itself
“It looks like the majority of these organisms are living at energy regimes that are below what we thought was even capable of maintenance—just staying alive.”
Canary Wharf's Overnight Energy Waste Could Power 4,500 Homes a Year
VICE News analysis shows that, by leaving their lights on overnight, buildings in the financial district are also pumping 3,260 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year.
This Young Climate Scientist Is Creating Energy Out of Thin Air
Meet the 28-year-old working to convert pollution into something useful.
A Renewable Energy Expert Tells Us How to Inspire Communities
The Indigenous Clean Energy Network’s Eryn Stewart on people-powered change.
Two Years on and Elon Musk’s South Australian Battery Farm Is Going Well
The world's largest lithium-ion battery was famously built in under 100 days. It's since saved South Australia over $116 million.
Oil Companies Are Building Pipelines Wherever They Want in Texas
"My clients don’t want the pipeline at all. Unfortunately, the way the eminent domain process works, often we're left to fight about the dollars."
Alberta Touts Iran Conflict as Reason to Be Optimistic About the Economy
"One thing we see in the conflict this week in the Middle East is the huge advantage that Canadian energy has in terms of international security,” Premier Jason Kenney said.
Canada Accidentally Sent an Emergency Alert About a Nuclear 'Incident'
People in Ontario woke up Sunday morning with phones alerting them to a nuclear incident that hadn’t happened.