When Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, first nominated Marissa Gillett to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in 2019, he praised the “ outsider’s perspective ” she would bring to…
Year: 2025
California can’t get out of its own way on geothermal
In the early 2000s, the owners of the Mammoth Pacific geothermal station proposed expanding the plant into an area just east of California’s Yosemite National Park. The project boasted on…
The Nobel Prize’s Amazing Track Record in Immunology
By MIKE MAGEE With the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine last week, the American Association of Immunologists (AAI) took an understandable victory lap, stating: “This…
Leading scientists call for EPBC reforms to strengthen Great Barrier Reef protection
CANBERRA, Monday 27 October 2025 — More than 100 Australian scientists and researchers have called on the Labor Government to address deforestation in the new nature law reforms, warning that…
River of Life
Swan River at Sunset. Image: Fernando de Sousa on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nature is not only mother to us all, but our shared witness. Because truly, we are never alone when…
In a first, a data center is using a big battery to get online faster
CEOs of artificial-intelligence companies want to spend hundreds of billions of dollars building their energy-gobbling data centers, but that can’t happen without the necessary electricity supply. And they want to…
The complicated reality behind rising power prices
This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Energy affordability has become a flash point over the past few…
Sudbury welcomes new Ontario SPCA animal centre manager
There’s a new friendly face at the Ontario SPCA Sudbury & District Animal Centre! Robert Poirier, the animal centre’s new manager, brings to the role over two decades of leadership…
What Ancient Poop Reveals About Our Ancestors
Once upon a time, in a cave just north of Durango, Mexico, someone took a poop. In fact, it was quite a few someones, and these events were spread out…
Chart: Solar is driving renewable energy to new heights around the globe
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the week” column . If you thought the world built a lot of renewables in the past few years, just wait for the…