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![A flooded home in the River Plantation neighborhood of Conroe, Texas on May 3, 2024. A series of storms dropped 23 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas.]()
![A flooded home in the River Plantation neighborhood of Conroe, Texas on May 3, 2024. A series of storms dropped 23 inches of rain on parts of southeast Texas.]()
Texas flooding brings new urgency to Houston home buyout program
The San Jacinto River is a national hotspot for ‘managed retreat,’ but recent floods show how far local officials still have to go.
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Grist announces community reporting fellows for Georgia project
The four fellows will focus on creating journalism about energy policy for their communities.
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The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
The history of the oil industry is etched into the coral's rocky skeleton.
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![A pumpjack in an oil field, behind barbed wire fence.]()
![A pumpjack in an oil field, behind barbed wire fence.]()
Occidental Petroleum’s net-zero strategy is a ‘license to pollute,’ critics say
The company’s climate strategy could result in more emissions than it prevents.
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![A father and his young daughter plug in their electric vehicle outside their home.]()
![A father and his young daughter plug in their electric vehicle outside their home.]()
California’s EV wave highlights the challenges ahead for utilities
As much as $20 billion in upgrades will be required, but the electric vehicle transition could still reduce rates statewide.
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![Collage of person walking away from Microsoft logo, which contains an image of an oil pumpjack]()
![Collage of person walking away from Microsoft logo, which contains an image of an oil pumpjack]()
Microsoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.
Inside the worker-led effort to get the world's most valuable company to stop helping the oil and gas industry drill.
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One way or another, new EPA rules will stop pollution from coal-fired emissions
The power sector’s biggest emitters have less than a decade to start capturing their carbon or shut down
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![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
![Steam rises above the cooling towers in The Dalles data center in Oregon. These plumes of water vapor create a quiet mist at dusk.]()
The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI's thirst?
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Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
Climate change is affecting parasites, but not in the way you’d expect.
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Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.
“The tribes fought very hard for the establishment of the monument and are here to defend it.”
