Energy

Six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines
While most offshore wind farms are firmly rooted in the seabed, engineers are developing new ways to float enormous wind turbines.
Shining a light on oil fields to make them more sustainable
Sensors and analytics give oil well operators real-time alerts when things go wrong, so they can respond before they become disasters.
US will accelerate geothermal exploration on federal land
The Bureau of Land Management is taking steps to make it easier for public lands to be considered for geothermal power systems.
Organic solar is (finally) efficient enough to compete
Three reasons we don't have more nuclear power in the US
Why don't we believe extreme weather forecasts?
Could ugly produce change the world?
The fascinating story of how AIDS activism helped usher in a "Right to Try" laws