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Energy Department backs solar loans for low-income Puerto Ricans
The Biden administration wants to expand access to solar financing, but some resilience advocates disagree with the approach.
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Offshore wind turbines need rare earth metals. Will there be enough to go around?
China dominates production of the crucial metals, and wind companies are scouring the globe for more sources.
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Arizona is evicting a Saudi alfalfa farm, but the thirsty crop isn’t going anywhere
The state’s decision will do little to solve a water shortage largely driven by irrigated agriculture.
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In communities of color, most oil and gas jobs still go to white workers
“If one group gets all the pollution and another group gets all the jobs, it’s not really a trade-off anymore.”
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![A long line of rickshaws pedals through the knee-deep waters of a flooded road in Bangladesh in September, 2023.]()
Cities worldwide keep building in flood zones, despite mounting risks
"We invest in flood zones more than safe zones," says the author of a report that finds construction in such areas has jumped 122 percent.
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There’s still a chance for America to reach net-zero, but it requires drastic action
That includes building more renewables, selling more electric vehicles, and fixing up more buildings.
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How to build a heat-resilient city
Grist designed a model metropolis for an era of high temperatures, using the coolest technology available.
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The surprising biodiversity of abandoned coal mines
“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”
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Pope Francis calls for rapid decarbonization, ‘abandonment of fossil fuels’
The pontiff's latest decree urges Western countries to do more to avert climate disaster.
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Earth just set another heat record — by the largest margin yet
The average temperature in September was "absolutely gobsmackingly bananas."
