Energy and Environment

One of the nation’s largest coal-fueled electric plants is being replaced with thousands of acres of solar panels and a test of long-duration batteries.

By Ivan Penn and Tim Gruber

The shift occurred as the cost of wind power and other renewable energy is rapidly declining and coal is being pushed out by natural gas.

By Minho Kim

Children today face many more extreme weather hazards that can undermine global gains in education.

By Somini Sengupta

A new study shows how deadly warming can be, and how behavioral and social changes can reduce mortality.

By Austyn Gaffney

Earth’s warming could trigger sweeping changes in the natural world that would be hard, if not impossible, to reverse.

By Raymond Zhong and Mira Rojanasakul

An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.

By Somini Sengupta and Matthew Abbott

Households claimed more than $8 billion in climate-friendly tax credits last year, according to new data. Here’s who benefited and where.

By Nadja Popovich

Natural gas has traded at negative prices for weeks at a time in West Texas, where pipelines often lack the capacity to get the fuel to places that need it.

By Rebecca F. Elliott

A new study found that temperatures in the Coral Sea have reached their highest levels in at least four centuries.

By Catrin Einhorn

The herbicide, used widely on crops including broccoli and onions, can cause low birth weight and impaired brain development, regulators said.

By Hiroko Tabuchi