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Alejandro de la Garza
Alejandro de la Garza is a staff writer for TIME in New York City
Recent Articles
We're Gonna Need a Greener Boat
Container ships transport just about everything. The world wants more of all of it. So the ships are getting bigger, as are the shipping channels, port complexes, and loading cranes. “All over the world they’re...
By Alejandro de la Garza
June 23, 2022
John Kerry: 'We Have to Push Back Hard' on Efforts to Build New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure in Response to Rising Gas Prices
John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate change, warned Tuesday that the war in Ukraine could undermine international progress to cut carbon emissions. “You have this new revisionism suggesting that we have to...
By Alejandro de la Garza
June 7, 2022
This Year’s Hurricane Season Threatens One of the U.S.’s Biggest Economies
Florida's insurance industry must grapple with climate change as experts predict an intense hurricane season this year.
By Alejandro de la Garza
June 2, 2022
Tesla Co-Founder JB Straubel on Fixing the Battery Problem
Straubel started thinking about battery materials when he was building Tesla’s first major battery factory in the mid-2010s.
By Alejandro de la Garza/Reno, Nev.
May 19, 2022
Big Oil Sold the World on a Plastics Recycling Myth. It May Be Too Late to Undo the Damage
Oil companies convinced the world that plastic recycling would work. Now it may be too late to undo the damage
By Alejandro de la Garza
May 5, 2022
The World’s Steel Comes at a Steep Climate Cost. A Swedish Company is Trying to Change That.
“If we have the chance to really solve the root cause of the real problem, why not do that?”
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 28, 2022
We Have Enough Climate Tech. What We Need is Political Will
As IPCC climate scientists make clear, politicians must help scale up existing technologies to avert catastrophic climate change
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 7, 2022
This Tech Leader is Harnessing Collective Action to Green the Grid
Open-source software could make a big difference for decarbonization
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 30, 2022
Matt Damon Wants You to Care About Water
For Matt Damon and Gary White, solving the world's water crisis has been a decades-long quest
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 29, 2022
Russia's War Could Cause Environmental Disasters in Ukraine
A chemical spill or nuclear accident could be catastrophic
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 18, 2022
Chernobyl Experts Say Russia Could Set Off a Nuclear Disaster
"Such behavior does not even fit into our understanding of the world"
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 17, 2022
Heat Pumps Are a Weapon in the E.U.’s Face-Off With Russia
The high efficiency heating systems have suddenly become crucial to the E.U. cutting its dependence on Russian gas
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 16, 2022
Europe’s Green Energy Plans Are Threatened by the Need to Wean Itself Off Russian Gas
Coal and renewables are both on the table
By Alejandro de la Garza
March 4, 2022
The U.S. Military Might Never Be Sustainable
The Pentagon says it's going green. But some scholars say the only sustainable military is a smaller one
By Alejandro de la Garza
February 17, 2022
Elon Musk Gave Away $5.7 Billion Last Year. Here’s Why He’s Not Tweeting About It
He could have good reasons for keeping the donation quiet
By Alejandro de la Garza
February 16, 2022
Tesla's Latest Scandals Could Hurt Its Bottom Line
Tesla’s troubles just keep piling up. Late last week, California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued the automaker, alleging that Tesla had discriminated against Black workers at the company and ignored years of...
By Alejandro de la Garza
February 16, 2022
GM's Electric Silverado Is the Latest Salvo in the EV War
Their Silverado EV debut came months after rivals launched their own
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 6, 2022
The Top Climate Innovations of 2021
After a rare pandemic-related dip in 2020, global carbon emissions bounced back with a vengeance. Climate disasters seemed relentless over the summer, from flooding in Western Europe and China to wildfires in Siberia and the...
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 28, 2021
How Person of the Year Elon Musk Built His Fortune
Elon Musk made his money differently than most of today’s famous billionaires. Here's how he did it
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 13, 2021
Climate Experts Say Vacuuming CO2 From the Sky Is a Costly Boondoggle. The U.S. Government Just Funded It Anyway
The U.S. is dumping billions of dollars into the tiny sector
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 2, 2021
The First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Could Be a Lifeline for Struggling New England Cities
East coast workers are preparing for a new industry that could shape the region's economic future
By Alejandro de la Garza/Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
November 29, 2021
Why Keeping Oil and Gas in the Ground Is Still Controversial
"Leaders from important countries have been forced to take a stance on this"
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 15, 2021
The Infrastructure Plan Is Rolling Out Electric School Buses
Assembly line workers at the Thomas Built school bus factory in High Point, North Carolina are over the moon about the new infrastructure bill—specifically Title XI, Section 71101. Buried deep in the 2,702-page document approved...
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 15, 2021
Nuclear Power Is COP26's Quiet Controversy
In the midst of the COP26 climate talks yesterday, U.S. and Romanian officials stepped aside for a session in the conference's Blue Zone, establishing an agreement for U.S. company NuScale to build a new kind...
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 5, 2021
Here Are the Goals of the COP26 Climate Change Meetings—and Where the World Stands in Accomplishing Them
This week, thousands of ministers and diplomats from across the world are descending on an event campus in Glasgow, Scotland for the most important climate conference in recent years—and perhaps the most significant international meeting...
By Alejandro de la Garza , Ciara Nugent , Aryn Baker , Jennifer Duggan and Chris Wilson
October 28, 2021
The Engineer Who Made Electric Vehicles Palatable for the Pickup-Truck Set
When Linda Zhang became chief engineer for Ford’s F-150 Lightning three years ago, she took on what some might consider an all but impossible job. In relatively short order, she had to roll out a...
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 28, 2021
COP26's Organizers Can't Get Rid of Big Oil's Influence
Though fossil fuel companies are technically barred from having a formal role at COP26, they will still impact what happens at the talks
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 27, 2021
Shutting Down Old Oil Rigs Is Harder—and More Expensive—Than it Sounds
The latest California oil spill has made clear it's time to shut down old rigs. That's easier said than done
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 15, 2021
U.S. Fishermen Are Making Their Last Stand Against Offshore Wind
“They are, in some sense, mutually exclusive.”
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 30, 2021
What Would a Climate-Conscious Facebook Look Like?
'The initiatives that [Facebook] took are far too little, far too late.'
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 22, 2021
Fossil Fuel Companies Say Hydrogen Made From Natural Gas Is a Climate Solution. But the Tech May Not Be Very Green
But the tech may not actually be very green
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 22, 2021
How Engineers Protected New Orleans From Hurricane Ida
"We were making the decisions so it wouldn’t come back to haunt us.”
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 2, 2021
California's Wildfire Problem Could Be Solved by a Few Legal Changes
Some aspects of the crisis might be fixed with a paper and pen
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 26, 2021
Fighting Wildfires, Siberian Villagers Use What They Have
Shovels, axes, and Soviet-era tractors make up much of their arsenal against the blazes
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 26, 2021
The One Silver Lining in the Bleak IPCC Report
Climate scientists are blaming weather disasters on climate change. That could be a weapon in the fight to cut emissions
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 9, 2021
Everything You Need to Know About the Inspiration4 Mission
The Inspiration4 mission marks a turning point in which space is within the grasp of private corporations and citizens
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 4, 2021
Climate Disasters Are Making It Hard to Enjoy the Olympics. And I’m Not Sure I Want to, Anyway
In the midst of catastrophe, mass recreations of normalcy can deepen our sense of unease
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 29, 2021
Vermont Is Remaking Its Power Grid to Fight Climate Change
'We have to move faster as an industry'
By Alejandro de la Garza/Panton, Vt.
July 26, 2021
Global Electricity Production Is Roaring Back—and So Are CO2 Emissions
Power plant emissions are expected to grow by 3.5% in 2021, per a new report
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 16, 2021
Climate Researchers Revolutionize Weather Attribution Work
'There's no point going through this exercise involving dozens of scientists if it's something that you think no one's going to care about'
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 13, 2021
Heat Wave Is Pushing Businesses to Their Limit
Portland food cart co-owners Eric and Nicole Gitenstein didn't have much choice about whether to open their business during this week's unprecedented heat wave plaguing the Pacific Northwest. Excess heat from their refrigerators and burners...
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 2, 2021
Pacific Northwest's Extreme Heat Is Taxing Electric Grids
The extreme heat and massive energy demand in the Pacific Northwest may be proving out dire predictions of worsening climate problems
By Alejandro de la Garza
June 30, 2021
What You Need to Know About the Delta Variant
The more infectious strain threatens to worsen the pandemic around the world
By Alejandro de la Garza and Jeffrey Kluger
June 15, 2021
The Start of Hurricane Season Brings Anxieties to Central America, Still Reeling From Last Year's Disasters
The region is still reeling from the last hurricane season
By Alejandro de la Garza
June 3, 2021
Ford's New All-Electric F-150 Lightning Is More Than it Seems
A battery backup feature could be a big draw for electro-skeptics
By Alejandro de la Garza
May 20, 2021
The Empire State Building's Green Retrofit Was a Big Success
Underneath the Empire State building, a maze of pipes, gauges and steel valve wheels that comprise the building's chiller plant look as if they might have remained unchanged since President Herbert Hoover turned on the...
By Alejandro de la Garza
May 10, 2021
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Have Come to the U.S
They're intended as a population control tool, but some locals in the Florida Keys are furious over the project
By Alejandro de la Garza / Florida Keys, Fl.
May 9, 2021
Automakers Are Going All In on Electric Pickups. Will Anyone Buy Them?
'Do you think anybody really wants an EV pickup truck?'
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 16, 2021
Will Biden's Offshore Wind Plan Be Enough?
Europe and China have a massive head start
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 6, 2021
How Electric Cars Could Craft the Soundscape of the Future
What should you hear from an electric Vehicle? Automakers are working on answers--and composing the soundscape of the 21st century city
By Alejandro de la Garza
April 6, 2021
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