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Puerto Rico town celebrates ‘first-of-its-kind’ solar microgrid
In the event of an outage, the battery system can power 14 downtown businesses for up to 10 days.
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![A car and market shop in floodwaters in Pajaro, California.]()
![A car and market shop in floodwaters in Pajaro, California.]()
How rising temperatures are intensifying California’s atmospheric rivers
As storms get warmer and wetter, the state's flood control system is struggling to keep up.
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![A mother and children walk on a flooded path.]()
![A mother and children walk on a flooded path.]()
Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows
Rising global temperatures drove the shift in weather extremes.
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EPA proposes first-ever limits on PFAS in drinking water
The standards would force states to begin the arduous process of cleaning out "forever chemicals" from their water supplies.
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![People on a beach and swimming in Lake Michigan at Calumet Park with facility in background]()
![People on a beach and swimming in Lake Michigan at Calumet Park with facility in background]()
Chicago neighborhood groups sue US Army Corps of Engineers over expansion of a polluted dump
“Our community is fighting back and saying ‘no more.’”
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![Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska.]()
![Oil pipelines stretch across the landscape outside Nuiqsut, Alaska.]()
Biden approves Willow oil project in Alaska despite campaign pledge
The administration approved the controversial ConocoPhillips venture while also limiting future drilling in other parts of Alaska.
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![Trash burns at a dump site]()
![Trash burns at a dump site]()
Rich countries export twice as much plastic waste to the developing world as previously thought
Current estimates only cover “the tip of the plastic waste iceberg.”
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![An image taken from the air of rolling green forests interrupted by swathes of brown, dying trees.]()
![An image taken from the air of rolling green forests interrupted by swathes of brown, dying trees.]()
In the once-cool forests of the Pacific Northwest, heat poses a new threat
Drought can stress trees to death, but heat’s effects are less known. New research could hold the keys to protecting conifer forests.
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![A lone, skinny pine tree sways on the banks of a stream in the middle of a prairie.]()
![A lone, skinny pine tree sways on the banks of a stream in the middle of a prairie.]()
Fighting drought, potato farmers in northern Minnesota overdrew their water permits by tens of millions of gallons
The farmers likely face few consequences because of laws that one regulator says are inadequate.
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![Three white men in suits entering a building; in the middle is Larry Householder, former Ohio House Speaker]()
![Three white men in suits entering a building; in the middle is Larry Householder, former Ohio House Speaker]()
Ohio politicians found guilty in $60 million utilities bribery scandal
“You don't have to look far to see that the FirstEnergy scandal is part of a broader trend.”
