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Behind the ‘butter board’: How the dairy industry took over your feed
A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales.
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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.
