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![A sheet of ice stretches out in front of a blue sky. There is equipment sticking into the ice, and parts of it are melting.]()
![A sheet of ice stretches out in front of a blue sky. There is equipment sticking into the ice, and parts of it are melting.]()
Rain comes to the Arctic, with a cascade of troubling changes
So-called rain-on-snow events accelerate ice loss and trigger flooding, landslides, and avalanches, and create problems for wild animals and the Indigenous peoples who depend on them.
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![A charred pickup truck sits in front of a pile of debris amid a scorched landscape.]()
![A charred pickup truck sits in front of a pile of debris amid a scorched landscape.]()
Many homes burned in the Texas wildfires weren’t insured, creating a steep path to recovery
Rural Texans are more than twice as likely to go without homeowners insurance than their urban peers.
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![A small white house with a gray roof and solar panels sits in front of an industrial area with smokestacks. A red Mustang sits out front next to grass and basketball hoops.]()
![A small white house with a gray roof and solar panels sits in front of an industrial area with smokestacks. A red Mustang sits out front next to grass and basketball hoops.]()
California’s polluted communities could miss out on billions under state’s flawed system
Researchers found that the state's screening tool uses a small number of health problems that could bias which communities are designated.
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![An. overhead shot of a green field and trees with a concerte platform in the middle with large black panels lined up on top.]()
![An. overhead shot of a green field and trees with a concerte platform in the middle with large black panels lined up on top.]()
Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state in 2024
With cheap land and a competitive market irresistible to energy storage developers, the Lone Star State will even overtake California in battery deployments this year.
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![Truck is carrying container is parking in front warehouse]()
![Truck is carrying container is parking in front warehouse]()
Why one Southern California city is updating its zoning code after decades of environmental issues
Residents in Pomona’s industrial zone have dealt with pollution from waste facilities, warehouses, and other polluting industries for close to a century.
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![A massive dairy farm covered in black solar panels stretches into the horizon.]()
![A massive dairy farm covered in black solar panels stretches into the horizon.]()
Sheep may soon graze under solar panels in one of Wyoming’s first ‘agrivoltaic’ projects
The elevated photovoltaic panels can actually improve grazing conditions, a novelty that could help make solar projects more land-efficient and accepted in the ranching-heavy state.
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![A wet, gray freeway in the rain filled with cars and a truck, lined by tall trees and palm trees.]()
![A wet, gray freeway in the rain filled with cars and a truck, lined by tall trees and palm trees.]()
Los Angeles just showed how spongy a city can be
Amid relentless rains, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water — enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year.
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![A heat pump with two round windows stands against a blue building.]()
![A heat pump with two round windows stands against a blue building.]()
Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces again last year — and the gap is growing
While sales of both heat pumps and gas furnaces were down in 2023, heat pumps are proving more popular than ever.
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![A mural that reads Greetings from Historic Downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, with a painting of a river and forest.]()
![A mural that reads Greetings from Historic Downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, with a painting of a river and forest.]()
With limited resources, an Oregon town plans for climate change
Among rural communities, Grants Pass, Oregon, has notched an unlikely win: a sustainability plan. But lack of dedicated staff and resources to secure federal grant funds threaten its success.
