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Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch.
The Mojave Desert species is thriving at a solar farm near Las Vegas, perhaps because the panels slow evaporation.
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Climate news is written in a language most people can’t understand
A new report argues that English-only climate science and disaster alerts are excluding most of the world, and putting Indigenous communities at greater risk.
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Why the government is trying to make coal cute
Trump said coal needed better PR. Then Coalie showed up.
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![Ice accumulates on utility lines in Nashville, Tennessee, during Winter Storm Fern. The storm knocked out power to at least 300,000 people across the South.]()
![Ice accumulates on utility lines in Nashville, Tennessee, during Winter Storm Fern. The storm knocked out power to at least 300,000 people across the South.]()
The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: Lots of old poles
Aging infrastructure is to blame for Winter Storm Fern’s weather outages — and for recent price spikes.
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![A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial wind farm in the United States.]()
![A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial wind farm in the United States.]()
Trump destroyed offshore wind. The Northeast can’t live without it.
To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.”
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![An apartment for rent sign hangs outside of an apartment building on December 04, 2025 in San Francisco.]()
![An apartment for rent sign hangs outside of an apartment building on December 04, 2025 in San Francisco.]()
Can cities make landlords care about energy efficiency?
New research shows that city and state climate policies often leave renters behind.
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An ousted energy regulator reflects on Georgia’s new power politics
Former utility commissioner Tim Echols talks climate change, the Republican party, and how the state will deal with rising power demand.
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The EPA wants to eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can protect their water
The agency’s plan would narrow water quality reviews and make it harder for tribes to enforce treaty rights.
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Data centers are facing an image problem. The tech industry is spending millions to rebrand them.
Through television ads and online campaigns, industry-backed groups are promising jobs, clean energy, and lower electricity bills.
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![Aerial shot of oil and wastewater leaking from a well in New Mexico’s Permian Basin]()
‘A fraudulent scheme’: New Mexico sues Texas oil companies for walking away from leaking wells
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Main uncovered some of these business dealings.
