Climate

Vox's coverage of climate change, renewable energy, conservation, and other environmental issues

Yes, there was just a tornado near Los Angeles. Is climate change to blame?

The tornado adds to the latest bout of extreme weather California is experiencing.

By Li Zhou

How will we feed Earth’s rising population? Ask the Dutch.

The Netherlands’ hyper-efficient food system is both a triumph and a cautionary tale.

By Kenny Torrella

We need the right kind of climate optimism

By Hannah Ritchie March 21

The gas stove wars are far from over

By Rebecca Leber March 21

UN climate scientists are running out of ways to warn us

By Rebecca Leber and Umair Irfan March 20

Why is it so hard to charge electric vehicles on the road?

By Umair Irfan March 18

You probably have “forever chemicals” in your body. Here’s what that means.

By Benji Jones March 15

Biden just broke a big climate promise

By Rebecca Leber March 14

Why all that rain in California won’t solve its drought

By Umair Irfan March 10

There’s something different about the new gas stove influencer

By Rebecca Leber March 10

What the Ohio train derailment teaches us about poisoning public trust

By Benji Jones March 8

What Europe showed the world about renewable energy

By Rebecca Leber February 21

Yes, the Ohio train wreck is an environmental disaster. No, it’s not Chernobyl.

By Benji Jones February 18

The East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck didn’t have to be this bad

By Umair Irfan February 16

10 years ago, we were turning nuclear bombs into nuclear energy. We can do it again.

By Irina Wang February 14

It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health

By Umair Irfan February 9

We know where the next big earthquakes will happen — but not when

By Umair Irfan February 9

Oil company profits are at a record high. It won’t last.

By Rebecca Leber February 8

How you can help the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

By Kelsey Piper February 6

The forgotten gas stove wars

By Rebecca Leber February 5

Climate disasters hit poor people hardest. There’s an obvious solution to that.

By Sigal Samuel February 3

Palm oil is actually not that bad (anymore)

By Benji Jones February 2

The 747 is out. Green airplanes are in.

By Adam Clark Estes February 2

Clean energy is taking over the Texas grid. State officials are trying to stop it.

By Umair Irfan January 30

Gas stoves and the problematic politics of sacrifice

By Kelsey Piper January 25

The Federal Reserve is starting a climate experiment

By Umair Irfan January 23

5 myths about gas stoves, the latest culture war clash

By Rebecca Leber January 20

Honey bees are not in peril. These bees are.

By Benji Jones January 19

Welcome to the era of weather whiplash

By Benji Jones January 11

The gas stove regulation uproar, explained

By Rebecca Leber January 11

The US was poised to pass the biggest environmental law in a generation. What went wrong?

By Benji Jones January 11

The mystery of the mimic plant

By Benji Jones January 11

Why your gas bill might be way higher this winter

By Rebecca Leber January 11

Travel is almost back to pre-Covid levels. So are carbon dioxide emissions.

By Umair Irfan January 10

Why the ozone hole is on track to be healed by mid-century

By Kelsey Piper January 10

Coming soon: Beef, coffee, and chocolate, without a side of environmental destruction

By Benji Jones January 10

California’s deadly floods won’t break the megadrought

By Neel Dhanesha January 6

How you can take advantage of tax breaks in the Inflation Reduction Act

By Rebecca Leber January 3

22 predictions we made in 2022, and the 6 we got wrong

By Dylan Matthews, Kelsey Piper, and 2 more December 31, 2022

5 ways the US can fight climate change in 2023

By Rebecca Leber December 30, 2022

Winter storms put the US power grid to the test. It failed.

By Rebecca Leber December 27, 2022

The tricky business of putting a dollar value on a human life

By Dylan Matthews December 22, 2022