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![A group of people stand with signs behind a March for Science banner on a street in DC]()
![A group of people stand with signs behind a March for Science banner on a street in DC]()
From the lab to the legislature: STEM professionals run for political office
More than 200 science, technology, engineering, and math professionals are candidates at the state and municipal level this year.
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![An illustration of a pink hand crushing an oil installation in the middle of the desert as water seeps underneath]()
![An illustration of a pink hand crushing an oil installation in the middle of the desert as water seeps underneath]()
In arid New Mexico, a debate over reusing oil-industry wastewater
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.
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![Sitting in a green field a power plant with smokestacks belches white smoke into the sky]()
![Sitting in a green field a power plant with smokestacks belches white smoke into the sky]()
The end of an era: Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down
The U.K.’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ended as turbines at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stopped for good.
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![An illustration of mountains with a road cutting through them]()
The Department of Energy promised this tribal nation a $32 million solar grant. It’s nearly impossible to access.
Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
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![A red tile roof is covered by solar panels and heat tanks and snaking cables]()
![A red tile roof is covered by solar panels and heat tanks and snaking cables]()
‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating
The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy.
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![A red rusting plant sits next to an electric line]()
![A red rusting plant sits next to an electric line]()
How J.D. Vance’s hometown has won millions in climate investment that he calls a ‘green scam’
Middletown, Ohio received funding through the Inflation Reduction Act to build one of the largest hydrogen fuel furnaces in the world.
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![A woman in a blue shirt holds a cold water bottle to her arm]()
![A woman in a blue shirt holds a cold water bottle to her arm]()
In Montana, 911 calls reveal impact of heat waves on rural seniors
Montana’s population is among the oldest in the country, and those over 65 are especially vulnerable to heat-related illness.
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In coal-rich Kentucky, a new green aluminum plant could bring jobs and clean energy
Labor and state leaders wants to land the first new U.S. smelter in 45 years. But the deal won’t happen unless Kentucky can furnish lots of clean energy.
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![A car races ahead of a wildfire, with orange, smoky skies in the background]()
![A car races ahead of a wildfire, with orange, smoky skies in the background]()
‘Weather whiplash’ helped drive this year’s California wildfires
Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel now powering California's wildfires.
