The Energy Department is disbandingits "working group" of five academics who break with mainstream climate science — but battles over its influence on federal policy aren't going anywhere.
State of play: Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the Climate Working Group that he's dissolving it in a Sept. 3 letter.
NASA's Perseverance Mars has uncovered unusual features in rocks that suggest there may have once been life on the Red Planet, according to a new study.
Why it matters: This discovery "is the closest we've actually come to discovering ancient life on Mars," said Nicky Fox, associate administrator of NASA's science mission directorate, at a Wednesday briefing on the findings of the study that was published in the journal Nature.
Unilever's ice cream unit spinoff is moving forward, but the founders of Ben & Jerry's are hoping to scoop out their namesake brand.
Driving the news: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who no longer control or run the Vermont-based business, are asking that Ben & Jerry's be spun out into an independent company owned by investors who share its "founding values" in areas like social justice.
A pair of new analyses together support a mix of realism and optimism on the future of clean hydrogen amid setbacks in the U.S. and abroad.
Why it matters: The gas could help decarbonize heavy industries like steel, power, transportation and more — but faces high costs and investor reluctance.
