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![A man wearing a white lab coat, glasses and large blue gloves peers into a tank of water.]()
![A man wearing a white lab coat, glasses and large blue gloves peers into a tank of water.]()
Researchers explore mining seawater for critical metals
The aim is to draw key minerals, including lithium and magnesium, from ocean water, desalination plant residue, and industrial waste brine.
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![A man in a bucket hat installs panels on a roof with a palm tree in the background.]()
![A man in a bucket hat installs panels on a roof with a palm tree in the background.]()
Puerto Rico’s rooftop solar boom is at risk, advocates warn
Rooftop solar has been a lifeline for the U.S. territory during blackouts. Now a government entity wants to undo a law protecting a key solar program.
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![Low warehouse-like buildings sit in a parking lot on the end of a bay under a gray sky.]()
![Low warehouse-like buildings sit in a parking lot on the end of a bay under a gray sky.]()
As New York’s offshore wind work begins, an environmental justice community awaits the benefits
A labor agreement guarantees jobs for unions, but making sure Sunset Park residents are included remains a challenge.
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What’s the difference between Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
Being a "steward" of the land isn't enough for Native peoples.
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The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than scientists thought
Miles of seawater are flowing under Thwaites Glacier, undermining an Antarctic ice sheet and threatening rapid sea level rise.
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A pot of unspent federal money could have prevented Jackson’s water crisis
A new report surfaces a trail of red flags that the EPA didn’t raise.
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![Close-up of a hand with multicolored pieces of microplastics in it, with a finger pointing to them.]()
![Close-up of a hand with multicolored pieces of microplastics in it, with a finger pointing to them.]()
Microplastics are in human testicles. It’s still not clear how they got there.
People eat, drink, and breathe in tiny pieces of plastics — but what they do inside the body is still unknown.
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![A resident of the borough of Benito Juarez in Mexico City rests after receiving drinking water. Many residents of the city have been affected by the contamination of groundwater wells amid a severe drought.]()
![A resident of the borough of Benito Juarez in Mexico City rests after receiving drinking water. Many residents of the city have been affected by the contamination of groundwater wells amid a severe drought.]()
As reservoirs go dry, Mexico City and Bogotá are staring down ‘Day Zero’
Cape Town, which beat a water crisis in 2018, holds lessons for cities grappling with an El Niño-fueled drought.
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![A woman with intricate tattoos and red face paint stares directly into the camera with protest signs behind her]()
![A woman with intricate tattoos and red face paint stares directly into the camera with protest signs behind her]()
The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy.
A new conservation study carries important implications for global climate targets.
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![Giant yellow coils of pipeline sit on ground against blue/gray sky.]()
![Giant yellow coils of pipeline sit on ground against blue/gray sky.]()
Northern Michiganders are getting off propane — and on to natural gas
The state’s largest utility says natural gas is a bridge fuel, but advocates say it’s no climate solution.
