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![A downed phone pone lies mangled in the street with tree branches in front of a green lawn and large white house]()
![A downed phone pone lies mangled in the street with tree branches in front of a green lawn and large white house]()
As Tornado Alley shifts east, bracing for impact in unexpected places
Experts say the causes are still unclear, but the change is consistent with a warming world. The effects on the ground could be devastating.
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![Overview shot of a huge sheet of ice with a crack in the middle]()
![Overview shot of a huge sheet of ice with a crack in the middle]()
As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?
Relatively warm ocean currents are weakening the base of Antarctica’s enormous Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by as much as 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.
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![An electrical station with a wind turbine next to it]()
![An electrical station with a wind turbine next to it]()
Midwest grid operators submit $1.7 billion plan to build cross-border power lines
MISO and SPP are seeking approval for a joint transmission project that could unlock gigawatts of clean energy — and create a template for similar collaborations.
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![President Biden sits at a desk surrounded by other politicians and signs a bill]()
![President Biden sits at a desk surrounded by other politicians and signs a bill]()
GOP-run districts get 85% of the benefit of climate law. Some still hate it.
A new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump.
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![digital collage of Badger Mountain in Washington with large solar panels with a red scribble on top of them in the background]()
![digital collage of Badger Mountain in Washington with large solar panels with a red scribble on top of them in the background]()
Washington solar project paused amid concern about Indigenous sites
Avangrid Renewables said it plans to review comments from tribal nations and private landowners.
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![A group of women with headdresses and red face paint shout together]()
![A group of women with headdresses and red face paint shout together]()
Ecuador voted to keep oil in the ground. Will it happen?
More than 10 million Ecuadorians voted last year to ban oil operations in part of the Amazon rainforest. But heavy crude has continued to flow from the region, which is home to uncontacted Indigenous families.
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![A man with a shovel tries to clean up water that has flooded a grocery store.]()
![A man with a shovel tries to clean up water that has flooded a grocery store.]()
The rural Americans too poor for federal flood protections
A data-driven disaster tool shows “bias” against rural communities.
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![A scuba diver photographs two rows of bright white coral.]()
![A scuba diver photographs two rows of bright white coral.]()
For Florida corals, unprecedented marine heat prompts new restoration strategy — on shore
North America’s only barrier reef is withering from heat and disease. Can efforts to preserve and propagate the corals at land-based facilities save them?
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![A man with short black hair, a beard, and glasses stares into the distance.]()
![A man with short black hair, a beard, and glasses stares into the distance.]()
Minnesota settles ‘deceptive environmental marketing’ lawsuit over ‘recycling’ plastic bags
The lawsuit was among a burgeoning crop of plastics litigation amid growing awareness of a global plastics crisis.
