Global temperatures in 2020 tied record highs
Defying cooling from La Niña, warming planet speeds toward breach of climate targets.
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- Laser fusion reactor approaches ‘burning plasma’ milestone
After a decade, National Ignition Facility nears a self-heated, sustained reaction, though net energy gain is still elusive.
- China's bold climate pledge earns praise—but is it feasible?
Plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 would make China a global leader, but abandoning coal will be hard.
- The carbon vault
Industrial waste can combat climate change by turning carbon dioxide into stone
- Critics question whether novel reactor is ‘walk-away safe’
Design approval nears for NuScale Power's small modular reactors, but deployment plans slip 3 years.
- Underground oil fires liberate carbon-free fuel
Company ignites heavy oil fields to make green hydrogen while leaving carbon trapped.
- Renewable bonds
With solar and wind booming, the chemical industry dabbles with forgoing petroleum as its feedstock.
- Bioenergy not a climate cure-all, panel warns
IPCC report on using land to fight global warming cites risks to food and water.
- Solar plus batteries is now cheaper than fossil power
Falling prices help utilities start to decarbonize.
- Quest for fire
Rob McGinnis aims to use renewable energy to turn carbon dioxide and water into gasoline
