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![Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, seen through a chain-link fence]()
![Amir Kabir Dam, one of the five main reservoirs supplying water to Tehran, seen through a chain-link fence]()
Iran was already running out of water. Then came the ‘war on infrastructure.’
Drought, a legacy of overpumping, and now military strikes are driving the country’s fragile water and food systems to the brink.
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![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds
The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.
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A look behind the scenes of what could be Google’s biggest test of carbon capture
Documents indicate that the tech company may be planning a massive natural gas-powered data center project in Nebraska — but it could hinge on one piece of legislation.
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![barrels labeled radioactive LSA and hazardous waste]()
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Utah Republicans see storing nuclear waste as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’
Some think a Trump administration plan is a chance to boost communities that hemorrhaged jobs after coal plants closed.
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![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration
Trump’s energy secretary says he’s canceled billions of dollars in clean energy loans. The Biden official who made those loans says the number is “fake.”
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![A high-voltage power line runs behind a snowy construction site in Archbald, Pennsylvania.]()
![A high-voltage power line runs behind a snowy construction site in Archbald, Pennsylvania.]()
The AI boom has plunged a small Pennsylvania town into chaos
Data centers will swallow 14 percent of Archbald, evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. Who's to blame is a matter of fierce debate.
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The Great Lakes are ideal for wind energy. So where is it?
Bureaucratic hurdles and high costs have prevented the offshore wind industry from developing the Great Lakes’ abundant wind resources.
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![In an aerial view, a customer pumps gas into his car at an Arco station in Los Angeles.]()
![In an aerial view, a customer pumps gas into his car at an Arco station in Los Angeles.]()
Why $4 gasoline is the tipping point for EVs
As fuel costs climb, the long-term math shifts toward EVs — but consumer hesitation and infrastructure gaps could slow the transition.
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![Collage of smokestack photo duplicated, and flipped upside down on a yellow background]()
![Collage of smokestack photo duplicated, and flipped upside down on a yellow background]()
Big Oil has moved on from ‘greenwashing.’ Here’s the new playbook.
Over a few years, oil giants went from trumpeting climate pledges to saying fossil fuels are here to stay.
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![A building with solar panels stands on a lushly tree-lined street, with a sign reading Bryant Community Center]()
![A building with solar panels stands on a lushly tree-lined street, with a sign reading Bryant Community Center]()
How Ann Arbor, Michigan, is creating its own clean energy utility
Investor-owned utilities have been slow to ditch oil and gas. The city of Ann Arbor plans to boost access to renewables through a new dual-service model.
