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![Atomic plant Vogtle is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia.]()
![Atomic plant Vogtle is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia.]()
Georgia’s Vogtle plant could herald the beginning — or end — of a new nuclear era
The $35 billion nuclear project is an investment in the future or a cautionary tale, depending whom you ask.
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![Digital collage of brain with brain coral on top half and clown fish swimming above]()
![Digital collage of brain with brain coral on top half and clown fish swimming above]()
Climate change is rewiring fish brains — and probably ours, too
Acidifying oceans are leading to sensory loss in fish. Scientists fear people might be next.
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![A power plant belches smoke at sunset.]()
![A power plant belches smoke at sunset.]()
The US aims to ‘crack the code’ on scaling up geothermal energy production
Per the Department of Energy, 10 percent of electricity could be generated by geothermal systems by 2050.
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![A white car sits in a parking lot attached to a Tesla charger.]()
![A white car sits in a parking lot attached to a Tesla charger.]()
Disabled drivers can’t use many electric car chargers. It doesn’t have to be this way.
If electric cars are the future, people with disabilities need to drive them.
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![Solar panel on patch of flowers and grass with large circular shadow on the panels]()
![Solar panel on patch of flowers and grass with large circular shadow on the panels]()
What the eclipse reveals about the progress and shortfalls of US energy
When an eclipse blocks out the sun, we get a glimpse of how our grid uses fossil fuels to compensate — and a future where it won't have to.
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![A mural with the world Chicago on it next to an elevated train track and woman walking across a parking lot.]()
![A mural with the world Chicago on it next to an elevated train track and woman walking across a parking lot.]()
In Chicago, one neighborhood is fighting gentrification and climate change at the same time
The secret to success? Build affordable housing next to transit.
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![US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a briefing on community climate action alongside Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Eli Allen, Senior Program Director of Civic Works Baltimore, and Kristal Hansley, CEO and Founder of WeSolar, at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, July 14, 2023.]()
![US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a briefing on community climate action alongside Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Eli Allen, Senior Program Director of Civic Works Baltimore, and Kristal Hansley, CEO and Founder of WeSolar, at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, July 14, 2023.]()
These ‘green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities
The Biden administration just distributed $20 billion in IRA funding to loan to individuals and communities across the country.
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![Amazon bag with trash in background]()
![Amazon bag with trash in background]()
As Amazon eliminates plastic packaging abroad, it’s using even more in the US
A new report finds Amazon has reduced plastic packaging the most in countries with stringent regulations.
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![A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.]()
![A worker on roof reaches out for a solar panel being handed to him by another worker.]()
How big-box stores and schools can help marginalized communities go solar
Installing solar arrays on commercial and public buildings could bring renewable energy to two-thirds of the nation's disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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![Sticky notes on a glass window that say energy availability and PSC elections as people stand around in the background.]()
![Sticky notes on a glass window that say energy availability and PSC elections as people stand around in the background.]()
Grist launches community engagement project on energy in Georgia
The newsroom worked with partners to host listening sessions, and will create online and printed resources and launch a paid journalism training program.
