Umair Irfan
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Mountain View, CA, United States
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Past articles by Umair:
The LED light revolution has only just begun
The heir to the incandescent bulb is just getting started. → Read More
Smaller, cheaper, safer: The next generation of nuclear power, explained
The nuclear industry’s big bet on going small. → Read More
7 ways we’ve made the Earth better since the last Earth Day
The most important environmental policies advanced since the last Earth Day. → Read More
The EPA’s new plan to cut car pollution has an SUV problem
The regulations would be a cinder block on the gas pedal for EVs. → Read More
The worst-case scenario for drought on the Colorado River
One in eight Americans depend on a river that’s disappearing. → Read More
UN climate scientists are running out of ways to warn us
The latest IPCC report shows our deadline on climate change is fast approaching. → Read More
Why is it so hard to charge electric vehicles on the road?
Electric car owners are finding out how hard it can be to charge EVs at public charging stations. → Read More
The FBI and Energy Department think Covid-19 came from a lab. Now what?
We don’t need to know how this pandemic started to begin to prevent the next one. → Read More
People living near the Ohio train derailment will have to watch their health for years
It’s the beginning of a years-long effort to clean up and track the effects of chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. → Read More
The East Palestine, Ohio, train wreck didn’t have to be this bad
The train derailment and chemical spill was the culmination of a long trend of cost-cutting in the rail industry. → Read More
Science & Health
News and updates from the health and science team. Topics include genetics, infectious disease, psychology, and more. → Read More
It doesn’t take that many electric cars to improve public health
Researchers have found that California’s electric cars are already keeping asthma patients out of ERs. → Read More
Clean energy is taking over the Texas grid. State officials are trying to stop it.
Wind and solar are rapidly growing, but Texas Republicans want to throw a lifeline to natural gas. → Read More
The Federal Reserve is starting a climate experiment
The central bank is studying climate risks at major banks, but Fed chair Jerome Powell doesn’t want to get involved in policy. → Read More
How torrential downpours make it harder for California to save up water
The Golden State could save more of the water from its atmospheric rivers to deal with drought. → Read More
Why US greenhouse gas emissions rose last year
Economic growth outpaced the increase in carbon dioxide pollution. → Read More
How the latest Covid-19 variant is shaping the course of the pandemic
XBB.1.5, a subvariant of omicron, is gaining ground in the US, but deaths can still be avoided. → Read More
America’s most important EV is also its goofiest
A new fleet of electric mail trucks heralds the next phase of the EV revolution. → Read More
Who gets to keep burning fossil fuels as the planet heats up?
Should coal, oil, and natural gas still be part of the answer for the world’s poorest in an era of climate change? → Read More
The good and bad news for the planet after the latest UN climate talks
COP27, the climate change meeting in Egypt, finally got a deal on one of the most critical outstanding issues. → Read More