Katie Brigham

Fusion is the process that powers the sun and the stars, and scientists are getting a lot closer to replicating it here on Earth. ITER, a $22 billion international fusion megaproject in the south of France, is the most well-funded endeavor, but investors are also pouring money into fusion start-ups.…

BioNTech founders were confident in the potential of their mRNA technology, which they knew could trigger a powerful immune response.

In the U.S., Tesla dominates the conversation around electric vehicles, but in Europe, the Volkswagen Group is the market leader. Here’s how VW did it.

As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, oil and gas companies are looking towards plastic as their next major growth market.

Scattered throughout the U.S. are millions of orphaned oil and gas wells. They’re a major source of methane emissions and can leak contaminants into the groundwater. But it’s hard to locate these wells, as many were drilled before modern mapping and recordkeeping technologies became widespread. It’s going to cost billions to clean them up, but for the first time there’s major federal funding devoted to doing just that.

There are millions of defunct oil and gas wells throughout the U.S., and they’re a major source of methane emissions. Cleaning them will cost billions.

As the EV industry ramps up, it could be hindered by a global shortage of nickel, a key component in most lithium ion batteries

Jennifer Welsh spent years spending beyond her means before getting serious about paying off her debts and investing. Here are her tips for new investors.

Amid the shrinking, toxic Salton Sea, there’s enough lithium to meet the United States’ entire projected demand and fuel the electric-vehicle revolution.

This is how much someone with a $90,000 salary will need to save to retire with $1 million, broken down by the age at which they start investing.

Hydropower is the world’s largest source of renewable energy, but despite its outsize impact, it’s often overlooked. Here’s what the future holds for hydro.

The market for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is expanding rapidly, as major tech companies are funneling nearly a billion dollars to early-stage startups experimenting with various methods of carbon capture and sequestration to fight climate change. While government incentives like carbon pricing will ultimately be necessary to make carbon removal profitable, this influx of early funding could help nascent carbon removal companies scale up their technology and bring costs down.

Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, recently implemented a major network upgrade that reduced its energy consumption by 99.9%. But though energy usage has been one of the cryptocurrency industry’s biggest targets for critique, it’s not likely that bitcoin will follow suit. Instead,…

Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, recently reduced its energy consumption by 99.9%. But it’s not likely that bitcoin will do the same.

Sono Motors plans to bring a solar-powered EV to market in mid-2023. Priced at $25,000, it will hit the European market first, with plans to expand in the U.S.

The first commercial solar electric vehicles are set to hit the European and U.S. markets in the coming years, manufactured by Sono, Aptera and Lightyear.

States and utility companies are investing in “cloud seeding” — a way to artificially increase precipitation in the drought-ridden American West and worldwide.

Instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo makes it hard to know whether the minerals in our electronics are ethically sourced.

Burying power lines is an expensive but highly effective way to curb the risk of utility-caused wildfires, which have devastated towns across California.

Oil giants BP and Shell are investing in an emerging industry called agrivoltaics, which combines solar energy generation with agricultural activities.