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Alejandro de la Garza
Alejandro de la Garza is a staff writer for TIME in New York City
Recent Articles
The Key to Affordable Offshore Wind Power
Advocates warn failing to plan how offshore wind will to connect to the wider grid could stick families, businesses with higher energy bills.
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 24, 2023
This Company Just Gave Hydrogen-Powered Planes a Boost
The largest-ever hydrogen airplane just took off in the UK. It only seats 19, but ZeroAvia sees a much bigger future for the sector.
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 20, 2023
How Mexico's Geoengineering Ban Will Impact Make Sunset
Make Sunsets, a startup with a controversial plan to cool the planet, puts its tests on hold after Mexico announces a geoengineering ban.
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 19, 2023
Why Climate Activism May Look Different in 2023
In the U.K., Extinction Rebellion is shifting to a more moderate strategy in 2023. It could mark a tone shift for the climate movement.
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 5, 2023
2022 Was Almost a Disaster for Climate Action
The U.S. Congress nearly missed the chance to act on climate. It's frightening to think of where we would be if they did.
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 26, 2022
The U.S. Has Achieved a Key Nuclear Fusion Milestone
The Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility has achieved an important step toward the goal of generating unlimited clean energy.
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 13, 2022
Iron-Rust Batteries Can Help Green the Grid
Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo is developing batteries that use the iron-rusting process to store renewable energy.
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 12, 2022
Elon Musk Has Lost Sight of What Matters
A year after being named TIME's Person of the Year, the richest person in the world has retreated into an online world.
By Alejandro de la Garza
December 8, 2022
Electric Airplanes Could Be the Future of Battery Technology
Richard Wang, CEO of Cuberg, is developing lighter, more powerful lithium batteries that could help make electric airplanes a reality.
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 23, 2022
The Woman Behind Climate Activists Throwing Food at Art
The Climate Emergency Fund, led by influential Brooklyn psychologist Margaret Klein Salamon, is backing a new wave of radical protesters.
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 17, 2022
Big Tech's Implosion Could Save the Planet
Layoffs have rippled through Silicon Valley—but it may be a good thing for the climate. We need that talent to help build a green economy.
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 17, 2022
Ukraine Isn't Just at COP27 to Talk About Climate
Ukraine is using the international climate conference to garner more support against Russia's war, particularly among ambivalent countries.
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 15, 2022
Climate Aid is on the Line in the Midterms
Republicans likely can't undo Biden's green gains. Upping financial support for poorer countries to weather climate change is another matter
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 10, 2022
Global Brands' Single-Use Plastic Use Spiked in 2021
The signatories of a global pact increased their use of virgin plastics last year, undoing recent progress to cut wasteful packaging.
By Alejandro de la Garza
November 2, 2022
Why Robotaxis Are More Than a Decade Away
Luminar Technologies CEO Austin Russell says full self-driving systems 'at any appreciable scale' are a way off
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 30, 2022
You Can Now See How Climate Change Impacts Daily Temperature
Scientists have created a mapping tool that shows where climate change is affecting hot weather around the world
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 27, 2022
Why Climate Protesters Are Throwing Food at Art
Activists in the U.K. and Germany have thrown food on famous paintings to make a point—and the acts have grabbed the world's attention.
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 25, 2022
Ukraine Wants Russia to Pay for the War's Environmental Harm
Ukraine's environmental ministry is recording the invasion's environmental toll in order to seek reparations after the war
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 18, 2022
Experts Just Figured Out How To Rapidly Charge EV Batteries
Researchers at Penn State University have developed an EV battery that can charge in 10 minutes.
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 12, 2022
A Supreme Court Case Over Pork Could Hurt U.S. Climate Goals
How the Supreme Court decides a case over pork welfare in California could impact the way states tackle climate and energy policy
By Alejandro de la Garza
October 12, 2022
How Climate Change Makes Hurricanes Like Ian Worse
Conservative media may be trying to cause confusion when it comes to how climate change impacts storms, but the science is "overwhelmingly clear."
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 28, 2022
Hydrogen Home Heating Is a Wasteful Climate Solution
Gas companies are promoting the fuel as a clean way to heat homes. But a new study says it doesn't make sense for the planet.
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 27, 2022
Climate Week NYC Was a Greenwashing Bonanza
September's climate conference in New York was an opportunity for polluting companies to polish their environmental image
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 26, 2022
Jackson's Water Crisis Is a Climate Justice Wake-Up Call
After heavy flooding, Jackson's mostly Black residents went days without consistent running water. The disparities are hard to ignore.
By Alejandro de la Garza
September 15, 2022
Water Crisis Threatens Jackson Mayor's 'Radical' Agenda
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba promised to make Jackson, Miss. the most radical city in the world
By Alejandro de la Garza / Jackson, Miss.
September 13, 2022
Polluting Automakers are Facing Consequences
For decades, the government mostly relied on economic rewards to spur an EV transition. Now the climate laggards are seeing consequences
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 26, 2022
Colorado River Drought Is a Cautionary Climate Tale
Climate change is choking off water supplies in the Colorado River. The fight over what's left is a warning to the rest of the world
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 25, 2022
Inflation Reduction Act Is Latest Win for Ethanol Industry
Politicians are touting corn ethanol as a climate solution. The truth is more complicated
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 15, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act is a Carbon Capture Bonanza
Some environmentalists are skeptical that the industry can deliver real emissions cuts
By Alejandro de la Garza
August 11, 2022
Politics Doesn't Treat Climate Change as a Moral Issue
"It doesn't have the logic that really speaks to our moral emotions”
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 28, 2022
Weather Forecasters Are Now Connecting Hot Days to Climate Change
Scientists have developed a new tool to make the connection clear
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 20, 2022
Austria's Climate Minister Is Taking the E.U. to Court
She says the bloc has compromised its green goals
By Alejandro de la Garza
July 13, 2022
The U.S. Senate Might Be About to Kill Biden's Clean Energy Plans
Politicians are playing hardball over worker provisions, with the climate on the line
By Alejandro de la Garza
June 30, 2022
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
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