Bill Weir

Nov 24, 2024 | cnn.com | Ella Nilsen |Bill Weir

BUCHANAN, New York CNN  —  The Indian Point nuclear power plant was an energy juggernaut for 50 years, generating a quarter of the electricity that powered New York City’s iconic, glowing skyline. It is well into its decommissioning process after shutting down in 2021: The remaining waste of the radioactive fuel that once generated all of that power has been sealed inside more than 120 hulking metal and concrete canisters.

Oct 31, 2024 | cnn.com | Bill Weir

CNN  —  “Everybody complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it,” Mark Twain used to quip, back when humans had only just begun digging fossil fuel out of the ground and burning it for energy. It was a borrowed joke — and good thing for Twain, since it hasn’t aged well.

Sep 15, 2024 | cnn.com | Ella Nilsen |Bill Weir

Becker, Minnesota CNN  —  The smokestacks on the aging Sherco coal power plant tower over gleaming solar panels that stretch across thousands of acres of farmland. The polluting coal plant is on its way out, scheduled for retirement in the next five years. It’s generated billions of dollars’ worth of electricity in its 50-year life, but the most valuable of its parts is the plug — how it connects to the grid that powers our homes.

Sep 3, 2024 | cnn.com | Bill Weir

A team of NASA rocket scientists is developing autonomous underwater robots that are able to go where humans cannot, deep beneath Antarctica’s giant ice shelves. The robots’ task is to better understand how rapidly ice is melting — and how quickly that could cause catastrophic sea level rise. CNN's Bill Weir has the latest. 02:31 - Source: CNN 16 videos

Aug 3, 2024 | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Bill Weir

Socorristas de Phoenix almacenan bolsas llenas de hielo para tratar a las víctimas de un golpe de calor y reducir su temperatura corporal de camino al hospital. Julian Quinones/CNN (CNN) -- En algunas partes de una Tierra que se sobrecalienta, la vieja queja de que "no es el calor, es la humedad" es más cierta cada año.