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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one?
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![A road stretches through the desert]()
Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same.
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![Black bug with gold leaves and red eyes on green leaf.]()
![Black bug with gold leaves and red eyes on green leaf.]()
A trillion cicadas will emerge in the next few weeks. This hasn’t happened since 1803.
They're a little early, thanks to climate change.
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![Electric workers in a boom lift work on a transmission line with a snow-capped mountain in the background.]()
![Electric workers in a boom lift work on a transmission line with a snow-capped mountain in the background.]()
America’s grid isn’t ready for a renewable future. A new federal rule could change that.
The regulation requires grid operators to develop plans to build out the transmission needed to deliver on Biden’s climate agenda.
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![A green circle that reads Grist sits to the left of a magenta circle that reads The Counter with a knife and fork in between, like plates.]()
![A green circle that reads Grist sits to the left of a magenta circle that reads The Counter with a knife and fork in between, like plates.]()
Grist acquires The Counter and launches food and agriculture vertical
Two new reporters will lead the organization's agriculture coverage.
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![noodles cook in a wok over orange flame]()
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Can electric woks produce great stir-fry?
Many chefs are asking what a future without gas will mean for culinary traditions like wok cooking.
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![A collage of a woman in purple nitrile gloves holding a long plant stalk. In the background there is a circle with stars and space]()
![A collage of a woman in purple nitrile gloves holding a long plant stalk. In the background there is a circle with stars and space]()
Can the harsh conditions of space breed more resistant crops for Earth?
To make crops resilient to climate change, scientists are exposing seeds to cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and low gravity.
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An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades
Could the same be happening to us?
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![red-roofed lighthouse stands in rolling blue water with white waves against blue-gray sky]()
![red-roofed lighthouse stands in rolling blue water with white waves against blue-gray sky]()
Michigan wants fossil fuel companies to pay for climate change damages
Harms include severe weather, crop failures, and economic hits from lack of ice and snow.
