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An old Oscar Mayer factory in Wisconsin will become America's latest fusion power research and development hub.

New York has become the first state to temporarily halt approval of large data centers, as Gov. Kathy Hochul argues the AI-driven building boom shouldn’t come at the expense of higher electricity costs, water supplies, or local control.

General Fusion started trading on the Nasdaq following a reverse merger that saw high redemptions.

As the climate phenomenon sends warm water surging across the eastern Pacific, some parts of the fishing industry are suffering—but other regions are seeing a windfall.

Data centers are driving up the company’s use of electricity—and carbon pollution.

It's too hot. There, we said it. Protect your health and keep your home cool with one of these top-rated air conditioners.

As extreme heat becomes the norm on the continent, the AC culture wars may be solved by advances in environmentally friendly technology.

I was really looking forward to July 4, and not just because I love a poolside barbecue. This year the American holiday also marked a big symbolic deadline for US nuclear power. Last year the Trump administration set a goal to see three new microreactors achieve criticality, a technical milestone establishing that a reactor can…

As worries about a growing super El Niño mount, new findings suggest a radical solution to mitigating its impacts.

Anthony Agueda, a third-generation California dairy farmer, pulls a rake through a bed of dark, wet wood chips on his family’s land in Hickman, a tiny town in the state’s agricultural heartland. He reaches down with both hands and pulls up a clump of muck, turning it over to reveal a half-dozen squirming red earthworms.…

Wildfire survivors call fire-prediction markets “morally reprehensible” and worry they could increase the risk of arson.

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our planet’s climate.

The Chevy Silverado EV is a solid first draft of an EV pickup truck. Here's what could make it better.

AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.

Something stinks in California’s climate policies. Years ago, the state set up a system that pays cattle farmers across the country to turn the methane emitted from cattle manure into natural gas, encouraging the dairy sector to produce a gas we burn instead of one that just pollutes the air. It’s become wildly popular because…

Honda wants in on the lucrative energy storage market. This week it began producing batteries destined for data centers, not driveways.

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“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what’s possible,” he added.

Stealthy startup Arcturus uses lasers to infuse carbon nanomaterials into copper, dramatically improving its ability to conduct electricity.

Gov. Ron DeSantis calls it a crackdown on "radical climate policies."