The Clean Reader

Environment · The Conversation · Nov 4, 1:27 PM

Whether you want renewable energy, fossil fuel power plants, data centers or reduced storm vulnerability, it will require equipment that’s hard to make out of materials that are hard to get.

Environment · The Conversation · Nov 3, 11:38 AM

Dry land and little snow helped fuel a destructive 2026 fire season. New research shows active fire seasons are becoming the norm, and communities need to prepare.

Environment · The Conversation · Nov 2, 1:21 PM

Your home’s true flood risk is far more complex than FEMA flood maps reflect.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 26, 12:15 PM

Five decades ago, he charted two paths for energy use in the US. His soft path rightly emphasized efficiency and renewables but underestimated the importance of electricity.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 21, 9:08 PM

What comes next for Chiricahua, now that is has been officially redesignated as America’s 64th national park?

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 21, 12:47 PM

The destructive 1982-83 El Niño, then the strongest on record, eroded cliffs, leaving homes hanging precariously over the edges. A coastal scientist explains the escalating risks.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 20, 12:36 PM

When conservation affects local people, the question of who pays and who has a voice in decisions can make or break species recovery.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 19, 6:49 PM

Incumbents can still reap electoral rewards when federal money reaches their districts, even if they opposed the bill that provided it.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 19, 12:36 PM

The two countries’ energy systems and markets are so intertwined that tariffs on electricity, oil and gas would devastate both economies.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 19, 12:36 PM

Voters have a lot of weighty issues on their minds, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worried about climate change.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 16, 12:23 PM

Extreme hot and cold temperatures are associated with higher rates of deaths, infirmary admissions and transfers to external medical facilities, researchers found.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 16, 12:21 PM

An early clue came from storks found in Europe with African arrows in their bodies. Today, an atlas reveals hundreds of bird migration routes that are both complicated and remarkable.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 16, 12:21 PM

Sales reveal how many cars people actually bought, but not how many they actually wanted. Prices, on the other hand, show how demand is changing.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 15, 12:14 PM

If the US imposed a ban on its diesel exports, as some lawmakers are calling for, it would roil the global market.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 14, 12:19 PM

In communities across America, people recovering from floods, storms and wildfires have been left waiting much longer for federal aid – if it arrives at all.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 13, 12:20 PM

Quality, rather than discounts or environmental benefits, is what’s needed to encourage shoppers to consider odd-shaped produce.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 13, 12:19 PM

Opposition to data centers is widespread across the US, uniting people despite other differences on political and environmental issues.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 12, 7:13 PM

Tropical storms rarely survive in the cool water off California, but waves from storms far to the south can still damaged coastal areas. And flooding rain can sweep in.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 12, 7:00 PM

A new study compared the glaciers in the Lower 48 states today against historical data from the mid-20th century. The results show the region’s vulnerabilities as temperatures rise.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 12, 12:20 PM

Storms big and small can produce a lot of rain. What matters most is how fast they’re moving, as an atmospheric scientist and educator explains.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 12, 12:20 PM

For more than a century, scientists have treated Antarctica’s environments as windows into worlds beyond Earth.

Environment · The Conversation · Oct 9, 6:41 PM

Fallen leaves provide essential winter habitat for native pollinators and provide natural mulch for the soil. If you have to clear some leaves, don’t get rid of them entirely: Move them out of sight.