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![A man in a hard hat digs into the street]()
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A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households choose.
Before replacing gas service lines, utilities will need to offer customers a financial incentive to electrify instead, thanks to a new law.
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The fire retardant in the seafood chain
A chemical additive helped stop fishmeal from catching fire on ships, but it carried a downstream carcinogenic risk to modern food systems.
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In New Mexico, a river runs through ‘the middle of a hellscape’
As climate change dries the state, the Pecos faces a growing threat as it runs through the Permian Basin oilfield.
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Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?
A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most ambitious and well-funded tree-planting campaigns, but such projects in other nations have often fallen short.
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To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects
The companies have faced waves of public backlash in Texas. To battle that negative public perception, they’ve donated millions to community causes and needs.
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![A man in a hard hat and fluorescent vest stands at a construction site]()
![A man in a hard hat and fluorescent vest stands at a construction site]()
New Colorado neighborhood could offer glimpse into the future of home energy use
The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.
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Why Germany is building an ark for US climate data
Fearing the Trump administration might meddle with U.S. climate data, scientists in Germany are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Hamburg.
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A rural Idaho county banned renewables. It’s having second thoughts.
Some residents oppose renewables. Others see property rights — and the chance to benefit from energy developments on their land — as fundamental. This fall, county leaders will decide.
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Former EPA officials: Trump is letting data centers make people sick
“Families shouldn’t have to pay for the AI boom with their health.”
