Seth Borenstein

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August 27, 2025
The Warrick Power Plant operates Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Newburgh, Ind.
Energy
Planet-Warming Emissions Dropped When Companies Had to Report Them
But the EPA wants to end that.
June 6, 2025
The Rockport Power Plant operates near a group of mobile homes Friday, April 11, 2025, in Rockport, Ind.
Energy
Trump's EPA Targets Environmental Rules Projected to Save Billions
And many thousands of lives.
June 5, 2025
Wind turbines dot the coast line along a giant solar farm near Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on March 22, 2024.
Energy
Renewable Energy Jumps to New High, Powered By China Solar Boom
Last year, early 64% of the new renewable electricity generated was in China.
March 26, 2025
Wind turbines at the Buckeye Wind Energy are diffused by heat vapors as the are silhouetted against the rising sun, Sept. 30, 2024, near Hays, Kan.
Energy
Clean Energy Interests Sharpen a Different Message, Money and Jobs
Industry leaders emphasize the greener side of green energy.
February 7, 2025
Simon Stiell, United Nations climate chief, speaks during a closing plenary session at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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A $300B a Year Deal for Climate Cash at UN Summit Sparks Outrage for Some and Hope for Others
Developing countries were originally asking for $1.3 trillion.
November 25, 2024
Mark Munyua, CP solar's technician, examines solar panels on the roof of a company in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2023.
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UN Climate Talks to Focus on Money to Help Poor Nations Cut Carbon Pollution
Several experts and poorer nations say the need is $1 trillion a year or more.
November 11, 2024
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Aerospace
NASA Wants to Come Up with a New Clock for the Moon
Seconds tick away faster there.
April 3, 2024
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Energy
U.S. Joins Other Nations in Swearing Off Coal Power
Coal power plants have already been shutting down across the nation due to economics.
December 4, 2023
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News
Skinny Robot Documents Forces Eroding Doomsday Glacier
With the robot named Icefin lowered down a slender 1,925-foot (587-meter) hole, they saw how important crevasses are in the fracturing of the ice.
February 16, 2023
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Study: 15 Million People Live Under Threat of Glacial Floods
More than half of those living in the shadow of the disaster called glacial lake outburst floods are in just four countries.
February 7, 2023
In this NASA false-color image, the blue and purple shows the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer over Antarctica on Oct. 5, 2022.
Energy
UN Says Ozone Layer Slowly Healing, Hole to Mend by 2066
A once-every-four-years scientific assessment found recovery in progress.
January 9, 2023
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Aerospace
NASA Cancels Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Satellite Due to Cost
When it was announced six years ago, it was supposed to cost $166 million.
November 30, 2022
Vehicles move down Altamont Pass Road with wind turbines in the background in Livermore, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Congress is poised to pass a transformative climate change bill on Friday, Aug. 12. The crux of the long-delayed bill is to use incentives to accelerate the expansion of clean energy such as wind and solar power, speeding the transition away from the oil, coal and gas that largely cause climate change.
Energy
Climate Bill Pushes American Energy to Go Green
The crux of the bill is to use incentives to spur investors to accelerate the expansion of clean energy.
August 12, 2022
Technicians work on the Psyche spacecraft at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, April 11, 2022, in Pasadena, Calif. NASA put an asteroid mission on hold Friday, June 24, 2022, blaming the late delivery of its own navigation software. The Psyche mission to a strange metal asteroid of the same name was supposed to launch this September or October. But the agency’s Jet Propulsion Lab was several months late writing and delivering its software for navigation, guidance and control.
Aerospace
NASA Asteroid Mission on Hold Due to Late Software Delivery
NASA has already spent $717 million on Psyche.
June 27, 2022