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![East of Hazar, Turkmenistan, a port city on the Caspian Sea, 12 plumes of methane stream westward. The plumes were detected by NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission and some of them stretch for more than 20 miles (32 kilometers)]()
![East of Hazar, Turkmenistan, a port city on the Caspian Sea, 12 plumes of methane stream westward. The plumes were detected by NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission and some of them stretch for more than 20 miles (32 kilometers)]()
Turkmenistan’s ‘mind-boggling’ methane emissions revealed by satellite data
Experts say leaks of the potent greenhouse gas could be easily fixed, and would rapidly reduce global heating.
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![The view of some sparse trees, a road, and a mountain gutted by coal mining.]()
![The view of some sparse trees, a road, and a mountain gutted by coal mining.]()
How bankruptcy helps the coal industry avoid environmental liability
Jeff Hoops built Blackjewel into the nation’s sixth largest coal company by acquiring bankrupt mines. When it declared bankruptcy, he pivoted to other ventures, leaving polluted streams and mud-shrouded roads in his wake.
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![A man with a bun and a black hoodie installs a heat pump on the side of a gray house.]()
![A man with a bun and a black hoodie installs a heat pump on the side of a gray house.]()
Airbnb will help some hosts pay for new heat pumps
A pilot program in Massachusetts will give Airbnb vacation-rental owners $2,500 to install air-source heat pumps and make their properties more energy-efficient.
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![The stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona.]()
![The stacks of the Salt River Project generating station near Randolph, Arizona.]()
A historic Black community fights to block Arizona utility’s expansion plan
The town of Randolph is is now virtually surrounded by gas plants, pipelines, a hazardous waste site and a steel company contracted to manufacture the former president’s border wall.
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![Rolling hills and forest are interrupted by an enclosure with a gas installation.]()
![Rolling hills and forest are interrupted by an enclosure with a gas installation.]()
Amid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning
A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.
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![A green field covered in black solar panels under a cloudy sky.]()
![A green field covered in black solar panels under a cloudy sky.]()
Solar and wind companies are coming to rural Texas. These residents are trying to keep them out.
In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.
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![Over the slope of a green mountain, a snow-covered mountain peak appears in the distance.]()
![Over the slope of a green mountain, a snow-covered mountain peak appears in the distance.]()
For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out
The loss of the once-sprawling ice fields in the Rwenzori Mountains has profound implications for local communities, uniquely adapted species, and scientists studying the climate record.
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One of the biggest battery recycling plants in the US is up and running
Ascend Elements’ new recycling plant in Covington, Georgia is processing used lithium-ion batteries and manufacturing scrap into useful materials for the clean energy transition.
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![A woman in khakis and a button down shirt and short gray hair stares at an oil plant across a stretch of grass.]()
![A woman in khakis and a button down shirt and short gray hair stares at an oil plant across a stretch of grass.]()
What happens when a Black enclave is built by Big Oil
A century after the oil industry attracted Black families to Beaumont, Texas, residents are left battling a climate, housing, and health crisis.
