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![Heat pump with gift bow on the front on top of a colorful background]()
Heat pumps are expensive. What if billionaires bought them for everyone?
It would cost more than $1 trillion, but the savings from lower bills and cleaner air would be just as high.
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What defines a heat wave? The answer could decide where disaster dollars go.
With heat waves and wildfire smoke emergencies increasing, there's not always a clear pathway for states to access federal aid.
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![A worker stands on a mechanical lift amid construction on a large building]()
In Georgia, companies want to cut emissions. Utilities are holding them back.
With less than half of Georgia Power's electricity carbon-free, businesses and governments are scrambling to meet looming clean energy targets.
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![A photo of a grocery store produce aisle with signs showing prices on black and white cards]()
How forecasts of bad weather can drive up your grocery bill
Economists are seeing a growing link between isolated climate shocks and supply chain disruptions that lead to higher food costs.
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![An array pf tall steel smokestacks and pipes with one central smokestack that is billowing white smoke.]()
![An array pf tall steel smokestacks and pipes with one central smokestack that is billowing white smoke.]()
Illinois Legislature puts the brakes on a carbon capture boom
A two-year moratorium on pipelines would be a first in the Midwest. Already, more than 20 capture wells have been proposed.
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![Giant yellow coils of pipeline sit on ground against blue/gray sky.]()
Northern Michiganders are getting off propane — and on to natural gas
The state’s largest utility says natural gas is a bridge fuel, but advocates say it’s no climate solution.
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![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
![Oil pump jacks at the Elk Hills oil field in Kern County, California.]()
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one?
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The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions.
Return-to-office mandates could be getting in the way of companies' climate goals.
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![A hand reaches into a large pile of cell phones and other small electronic devices, many of them cracked or missing batteries]()
![A hand reaches into a large pile of cell phones and other small electronic devices, many of them cracked or missing batteries]()
Staggering quantities of energy transition metals are winding up in the garbage bin
Recycling more of the copper, aluminum, and other minerals in our old electronics could reduce the need for mining.
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![Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas, the United States, on July 18, 2022.]()
![Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas, the United States, on July 18, 2022.]()
Who’s afraid of a 300-mile transmission line that could help decarbonize the Southeast?
Louisiana lawmakers and local utilities.
