Andrew Blum

Blum is the author of The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast and Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet.

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How Amazon Became World's Largest Buyer of Renewable Energy

Amazon is now the largest buyer of renewable energy as it races to reach net zero and helps drive an energy boom

By Andrew Blum

How America Saved Millions of Dogs—By Moving Them

The dusty white cargo plane stood out among the gleaming corporate jets, as did its passengers: 48 barking dogs, newly arrived at the private air terminal at Hanscom Field, outside of Boston.They had left Mississippi...

By Andrew Blum

Nuclear Reactors Could Hold the Key to a Green Future

On a conference-room whiteboard in the heart of Silicon Valley, Jacob DeWitte sketches his startup’s first product. In red marker, it looks like a beer can in a Koozie, stuck with a crazy straw. In...

By Andrew Blum

America's Semiconductor Shortage Is Wreaking Havoc on Our Lives. Can We Fix It?

Semiconductors drive the world, but America is running short on them. Can the country catch up?

By Andrew Blum

The Tech Innovations We Need to Happen if We're Going to Survive Climate Change

In the 1970s, the U.S. Department of Energy poured money into making practical a miraculous technology: the ability to convert sunlight into electricity. Solar energy was a pipe dream, far too expensive and unreliable to...

By Andrew Blum
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