Cheryl Katz

Cheryl Katz is a science writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A former staff reporter for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Miami Herald and the Orange County Register, she is now a freelancer specializing in stories about environmental issues and climate change. Her articles have appeared in Scientific American, Environmental Health News and The Daily Climate, among other publications.

Wrightspeed's new range-extended electric powertrain

As electric cars stall, a move to greener trucks and buses

June 3, 2016

Low gas prices and continuing performance issues have slowed the growth of electric car sales. But that has not stymied progress in electrifying larger vehicles.

Quantum Dots

How will new technologies boost solar power?

January 5, 2015

Super-efficient semiconductors are just one way to drive generation in the coming decades.

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How new tech is spurring growth in recycling water

June 26, 2014

Desalination methods are improving, which makes agricultural water and industrial effluent available for reuse.

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Inside San Francisco's quest to recycle all trash by 2020

June 5, 2014

The man who spearheads San Francisco's efforts discusses how the city engages the public in a recycling crusade that targets zero waste.