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![Overview shot of a huge sheet of ice with a crack in the middle]()
As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.
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Midwest grid operators submit $1.7 billion plan to build cross-border power lines
MISO and SPP are seeking approval for a joint transmission project that could unlock gigawatts of clean energy — and create a template for similar collaborations.
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![President Biden sits at a desk surrounded by other politicians and signs a bill]()
![President Biden sits at a desk surrounded by other politicians and signs a bill]()
GOP-run districts get 85% of the benefit of climate law. Some still hate it.
A new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump.
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![White mosquito eggs in brown liquid in three clear test tubes.]()
How climate change is expanding the reach of EEE, a rare and deadly mosquito-borne illness
Eastern equine encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease with a high mortality rate, has been spreading in the Northeast as temperatures rise.
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![A person stands on a city street wearing a helmet and talking to another person, also helmeted, on a bike, with another bike with a red bag with the letters GH on it in the foreground]()
![A person stands on a city street wearing a helmet and talking to another person, also helmeted, on a bike, with another bike with a red bag with the letters GH on it in the foreground]()
NYC’s food delivery workers are sweltering in the heat — and demanding more protection
"We risked our health for the delivery companies during COVID, and now we are doing it again."
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![President Joe Biden and others stand on the floor of an EV assembly plant]()
![President Joe Biden and others stand on the floor of an EV assembly plant]()
States are falling behind in using IRA funding to advance climate action
Two years after the IRA passed, a new report found that states have only captured a tiny fraction of the funding available.
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Grist launches community engagement project for immigrant farmworkers in Florida
A digital guide and 1,300 brochures in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole on food access, disaster preparedness, and immigrants’ rights are being distributed statewide.
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![An Amazon Web Services data center situated near single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world.]()
![An Amazon Web Services data center situated near single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Virginia. Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world.]()
Amazon says it’s going ‘water positive’ — but there’s a problem
The company’s pledge to conserve water at its data centers doesn’t account for the thirsty power plants that keep them running.
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![A man pours a bucket of shells.]()
A new solution for flood-prone cities? Concrete made from shellfish waste.
Researchers have developed a type of concrete that uses discarded shells to trap water. It's now combating floods and food waste in urban gardens and along cycling paths.
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Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce pollution — they double as giant batteries
A new fleet of buses can send power back to the grid, stabilizing it instead of straining it.
