This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Batteries are reshaping the U.S. energy system , not to mention…
Meet the (Senior) Editor: Sandra Varga
In this blog post, we hear from our newest Senior Editor, Sandra Varga! Sandra – an Associate Professor at the University of Lincoln, UK – is an evolutionary ecologist interested…
A Unified Sense of Self
By MIKE MAGEE Stanford neuroscientist, David Eagleman, reminded us this week that “A coherent explanation of consciousness eludes modern science.” That was his opening line in the New York Times…
China exports a ton of cleantech — and the world is poised to want more
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the Week” column . When it comes to clean energy, China makes — and the world takes. The country produces the vast majority…
What to know before you get balcony solar
Canary Media’s “ Electrified Life ” column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Balcony…
Pacific leaders summit highlights dangers of fossil fuel dependence and urgency of energy transition, finance
PORT VILA, Friday 17 April 2026 — Pacific governments and civil society came together in Vanuatu this week as part of a key regional meeting ahead of the landmark First International…
Federal policy on biofuels goes from bad to worse under Trump
Canary Media’s ” Eating the Earth ” column explores the connections between the food we eat and the climate we live in. In late March, President Donald Trump dramatically expanded…
Big grid batteries are finally on a roll in New England
Enormous new batteries keep appearing on the grid, making it devilishly tricky to keep track of which is the biggest in a given region. That’s certainly the case in New…
Concierge Care for All: Yes, It Really Is That Simple
By MATTHEW HOLT & CLAUDE You’ll recall that a few weeks back I gave Claude some prompts and my entire corpus of work on THCB and asked it to write…
Soumen Mallick | No one-size-fits-all forest management: what elevation reveals about herbivory and plant stress
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Soumen Mallick – a Postdoctoral researcher at Field Station Fabrikschleichach, University of Würzburg – discusses the paper “Elevation reverses the effects of forest…