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![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?
A recent survey found that rural Americans would pay for the privilege of water reuse. Here's the huge potential benefit of the technique.
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![collage of a cutout of a man on top of a pattern of soybeans, a one hundred dollar bill, and ground beef]()
![collage of a cutout of a man on top of a pattern of soybeans, a one hundred dollar bill, and ground beef]()
The cowboy who got rich selling veggie burgers
To see the future of food, look no further than Sam Cobb, the cattle rancher making soy-based Boca Burgers.
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![Environmental activists march in lower Manhattan, New York, to demand Wall Street stop funding of fossil fuel projects.]()
![Environmental activists march in lower Manhattan, New York, to demand Wall Street stop funding of fossil fuel projects.]()
It just got harder for shareholders to push companies on climate
New SEC restrictions could sideline the small shareholders who have driven high-profile climate fights in recent years.
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![US president Donald Trump and Argentina president Javier Milei shake hands at the World Economic Forum while seated at a table against a blue backdrop]()
![US president Donald Trump and Argentina president Javier Milei shake hands at the World Economic Forum while seated at a table against a blue backdrop]()
Trump’s beef trade deal is a lose-lose gamble that won’t lower prices
There’s no two ways about it: Eating more beef is bad for the planet and the climate.
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The US lost $35B in clean energy projects last year
A new report indicates that Trump administration policies led to billions of dollars in canceled investment and tens of thousands of lost jobs.
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![Electrical power lines are seen strung across the countryside near Houston.]()
![Electrical power lines are seen strung across the countryside near Houston.]()
The US doesn’t need to generate as much new electricity as you think
Load shifting and improving energy efficiency could reduce the need for new power plants, but utilities often profit more from building than saving power.
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![a dead end sign near a house in a residential area with greenery]()
![a dead end sign near a house in a residential area with greenery]()
The biomass industry promised these Southern towns prosperity. So why are they still dying?
States gave Drax millions in tax breaks in the hopes of boosting jobs.
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![A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial wind farm in the United States.]()
![A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm, the first commercial wind farm in the United States.]()
Trump destroyed offshore wind. The Northeast can’t live without it.
To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.”
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Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans.
The administration has done real damage to climate action, experts say. But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.
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![An American flag stands on a cliff overlooking a Pacific Palisades neighborhood one year after the fires that ravaged Los Angeles.]()
![An American flag stands on a cliff overlooking a Pacific Palisades neighborhood one year after the fires that ravaged Los Angeles.]()
In 2025, the US suffered a billion-dollar disaster every 10 days
A new analysis finds that in 2025 major catastrophes took 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages. It could have been much worse.
