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![a delivery worker on an e-bike, wearing a bike helmet and a heavy winter jacket and black pants, rides through the streets of downtown Manhattan near the Stock Exchange, with several inches of visible snow on the ground]()
![a delivery worker on an e-bike, wearing a bike helmet and a heavy winter jacket and black pants, rides through the streets of downtown Manhattan near the Stock Exchange, with several inches of visible snow on the ground]()
New York City unveils its first rest stop for delivery workers
After years of delays, the place to rest, recharge, and escape the elements is a major — but incomplete — win for the people delivering your burrito bowls.
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![Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives for a meeting at the White House in March. Mullin pledged to eliminate his predecessor Kristi Noem's freeze on FEMA disaster spending.]()
![Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives for a meeting at the White House in March. Mullin pledged to eliminate his predecessor Kristi Noem's freeze on FEMA disaster spending.]()
Trump wants to shutter FEMA. Will Markwayne Mullin get it done?
The new Homeland Security chief has pledged to move on from the Kristi Noem era. But as hurricane season looms, the disaster agency is still in disarray.
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![The sign outside a Shell station shows the price of gasoline and diesel fuel.]()
![The sign outside a Shell station shows the price of gasoline and diesel fuel.]()
The spike in diesel prices is quietly costing you billions
"You're probably feeling it in ways you don't realize.”
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This simple metal tube helps scientists predict drought before it happens
We’re in a perilous moment for water. But the Church Sampler is one of the many devices scientists can use help us make better decisions.
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![A computer generated rendering of a planned export terminal for liquid natural gas in Louisiana.]()
![A computer generated rendering of a planned export terminal for liquid natural gas in Louisiana.]()
The most polluting LNG project in the US is being built in Louisiana
Louisiana LNG is expected to generate more greenhouse gases than any other natural gas terminal in the country.
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![Two cooling towers have a Google logo on them and a Texas and US flag draped over another]()
![Two cooling towers have a Google logo on them and a Texas and US flag draped over another]()
Texas is giving data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks each year
The tax break is one of the state’s costliest incentive programs and soon to be the most expensive of its kind in the nation.
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![Reddish pumpjacks stand in the desert]()
![Reddish pumpjacks stand in the desert]()
Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico
A lawsuit claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million, calling it “a playbook” for how companies dump old wells and expenses on states.
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![Photo of U.S. Capitol building is shrouded in haze from wildfire smoke]()
![Photo of U.S. Capitol building is shrouded in haze from wildfire smoke]()
How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up
There's an old argument that protecting the environment hurts the economy. It's wrong for a lot of reasons.
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The skylines of the future will be made of wood
Laminated timber is more environmentally friendly than steel, and perfectly safe for constructing tall buildings.
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![Cattle belonging to rancher Mike Wintz stand in a pasture 20 miles north of Ashby where they were relocated to after the Morrill Fire burned much of the rangeland where Wintz’s cattle previously grazed.]()
![Cattle belonging to rancher Mike Wintz stand in a pasture 20 miles north of Ashby where they were relocated to after the Morrill Fire burned much of the rangeland where Wintz’s cattle previously grazed.]()
In Nebraska, wildfires are turning cattle ranching into a tricky business
Nearly a million acres in the state have burned this year. One expert calls it ‘a new kind of wildfire era.’
