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1 year after the toxic train derailment, is East Palestine safe? Depends on whom you ask.
"We are truly the canaries in the coal mine."
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Biden protected the lands surrounding the Grand Canyon. Uranium mining is happening there anyway.
There's a long, nasty history of uranium mining on Native lands, but the company says this time is different.
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Grist receives nearly $1 million to support climate journalism for local audiences
The grant will fund full-time roles in development, strategy, and operations.
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Companies are hiding their climate progress. A new report explains why.
In a twist, the greenest companies are talking about their climate efforts the least.
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Can carbon capture solve desalination’s waste problem?
A startup claims it can store carbon dioxide in the toxic brine produced by desalination plants.
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How to build renewables without threatening biodiversity? Carefully.
Researchers say coupling wind and solar farms with actual farms is a good place to start.
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Shining light on energy inequity in Puerto Rico
Researchers are working with communities in Puerto Rico to build more sustainable systems in the face of ongoing challenges.
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How YouTube’s climate deniers turned into climate doomers
A new report documents a sharp rise in arguments that clean energy and climate policies won't work.
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Inside the last-ditch effort to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline
The project is over budget and behind schedule, with a lot of hard work left to do. Its opponents hope that makes fossil fuel companies think twice about building the next one.
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Puerto Rico is using residents’ home batteries to back up its grid
The yearlong pilot could be the first step in creating a residential-storage virtual power plant larger than any in North America.
