As the U.S. and other countries expand clean energy, large hydropower dams, often seen as a reliable renewable solution, can ...

People have a lot on their minds in this week's letters to the editor, from washing machines to charity to fences.

The electricity grid in Canada’s second-sunniest province is strained — but Manitoba says solar power is not the solution ...

Researchers in the US have recently developed a 3D-printed turbine system that could make ...

This video showcases a mini hydroelectric construction project, illustrating the principles of hydroelectric power through ...

In a desperate effort to save an ocean current essential for hundreds of millions of people’s quality of life, a radical proposal to dam the Bering Strait has been floated. Before considering the ...

At an online town hall meeting, speakers said there’s too little transparency and too much state government support for the ...

By Michael WoiraWhen President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni began his 2021-2026 term, Uganda was still in the shadow of COVID-19. It was not an ordinary start to a political term. The country had just come ...

From the archives: This story originally appeared in the November 1943 issue of Popular Mechanics. We’re republishing it now as part of our ongoing look back at Pop Mech’s best feature stories from ...

Daniel Macfarlane This is the second post in a series exploring the potential of the Great Acceleration as a framework and reconnaissance of Canadian environmental history. The posts in ...

Lower water levels at Lake Mead are likely to lead to higher prices for electricity from Hoover Dam — prices high enough to make the power unaffordable to at least some of the dam's customers, a state ...

Imagine a sea of glowing blue lights pulsing to the beat of the music. But instead of glow sticks filled with toxic chemicals, the luminescence comes from living algae, shimmering on demand. In a new ...