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![An orange train rolls on a track in a dense city.]()
![An orange train rolls on a track in a dense city.]()
Mexico City’s metro system is sinking fast. Yours could be next.
Subsidence is causing parts of Mexico City to sink, and it’s happening at an uneven rate. That’s bad news for its sprawling public transportation system.
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![An aerial view of a city skyline surrounded by green areas and mountains in the background.]()
![An aerial view of a city skyline surrounded by green areas and mountains in the background.]()
The downballot races that could transform energy policy in Arizona and Nebraska
The energy future of fossil-fuel dependent Phoenix could be reshaped by some clean-energy advocates who just won seats on the board of a public power utility.
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![A power plant belches smoke at sunset.]()
![A power plant belches smoke at sunset.]()
The US aims to ‘crack the code’ on scaling up geothermal energy production
Per the Department of Energy, 10 percent of electricity could be generated by geothermal systems by 2050.
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![A white car sits in a parking lot attached to a Tesla charger.]()
![A white car sits in a parking lot attached to a Tesla charger.]()
Disabled drivers can’t use many electric car chargers. It doesn’t have to be this way.
If electric cars are the future, people with disabilities need to drive them.
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![A woman in a long-sleeved black shirt and a white hard hat stands in front of an industrial construction site.]()
![A woman in a long-sleeved black shirt and a white hard hat stands in front of an industrial construction site.]()
In Texas, ex-oil and gas workers champion geothermal energy as a replacement for fossil-fueled power plants
Texas has become an early hot spot for geothermal energy exploration as scores of former oil industry workers and executives are taking their knowledge to a new energy source.
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![A woman in a baseball cap pours liquid from a bucket into a large container as another woman watches from her side.]()
![A woman in a baseball cap pours liquid from a bucket into a large container as another woman watches from her side.]()
Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record warm winter, uncertainty as climate changes
Human-caused climate change is having varied and unpredictable effects on maple harvests in Wisconsin, Iowa, and elsewhere, experts say.
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![Three people walk on sand with puddles on the edge of a lake.]()
![Three people walk on sand with puddles on the edge of a lake.]()
In Utah, climate concerns are now motivating candidates
Would-be voters in the coal and oil state signal they’re increasingly alarmed by climate change.
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![A silver SUV sits in several feet of water below a highway and a city skyline.]()
![A silver SUV sits in several feet of water below a highway and a city skyline.]()
How Biden’s infrastructure plan created a ‘climate time bomb’ in Black neighborhoods
Half of the projects funded through the law have been allocated to expanding highways.
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![A man with dark hair in a bun, a black hoodie, and green pants installs a piece of equipment outside a house.]()
![A man with dark hair in a bun, a black hoodie, and green pants installs a piece of equipment outside a house.]()
Heat pumps slash emissions even if powered by a dirty grid
Installing a heat pump now is better for the climate, even if it's run on U.S. electricity generated mostly by fossil fuels. Here’s why.
