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Soaring oil prices underscore the need to help poor countries adopt renewables
Without central planning or public resources, people in developing countries are pursuing an ad hoc energy transition.
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![A technician installs a 215-pound lithium ion battery in a home in California.]()
![A technician installs a 215-pound lithium ion battery in a home in California.]()
California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid
Large batteries are helping homeowners keep the lights on during power outages. But they're also sending juice back to the system for others to use.
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![A shallow river, viewed from over a concrete barrier, flows through a dirt channel lined by trees and bare earth.]()
![A shallow river, viewed from over a concrete barrier, flows through a dirt channel lined by trees and bare earth.]()
Town leaders chided residents for warning of flash floods. Then, the river took two children.
After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the danger.
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![A woman stands near a manufactured home in a testing field for wind]()
![A woman stands near a manufactured home in a testing field for wind]()
At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them
Extreme weather threatens millions of manufactured homes. Researchers are looking for practical ways to make them more more wind resilient.
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![a choropleth map of Chicago showing various shades of red indicating lead service pipe density by neighborhood]()
Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.
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![digital collage of photo of damaged house, man looking at bills and covering his mouth, with red jagged cutouts showing invoice details on top]()
First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.
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![A dirt road leads toward a forested hill, where the Trans-Alaska Pipeline is visible.]()
Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas
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![illustration of earth with wind turbines, solar panels, a ship, an excavator and protesters, with bottom of half of earth filled with chunks of minerals]()
A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
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Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?
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Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.
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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
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How to track disaster spending in your community
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![An Arctic grayling with a large sail-like dorsal fin and colorful body markings swims underwater.]()
![An Arctic grayling with a large sail-like dorsal fin and colorful body markings swims underwater.]()
In Michigan, 3 tribes are on a mission to bring back a fish that disappeared 100 years ago
Tribal nations across the country are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.
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![President Donald Trump holds a press conference in the Oval Office to establish the national Energy Dominance Council. Trump issued an emergency proclamation to enable more fossil fuel development.]()
![President Donald Trump holds a press conference in the Oval Office to establish the national Energy Dominance Council. Trump issued an emergency proclamation to enable more fossil fuel development.]()
Trump vowed to stop an ‘energy emergency.’ Then he created a real one.
The president used executive powers to boost oil and coal, but he can't fix the shortages caused by the Iran war.
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The world is crumbling in ‘The History of Concrete’
John Wilson's movie reveals the poetry in one of the world's most common materials — and an environmental catastrophe hiding in plain sight.
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![A man in a hard hat digs into the street]()
![A man in a hard hat digs into the street]()
A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households choose.
Before replacing gas service lines, utilities will need to offer customers a financial incentive to electrify instead, thanks to a new law.
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![A black and white photo of a ship on fire]()
![A black and white photo of a ship on fire]()
The fire retardant in the seafood chain
A chemical additive helped stop fishmeal from catching fire on ships, but it carried a downstream carcinogenic risk to modern food systems.
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![Turbine blades for Revolution Wind, one of the first major offshore wind projects to deliver power to the East Coast. President Trump has attempted multiple times to block the project.]()
![Turbine blades for Revolution Wind, one of the first major offshore wind projects to deliver power to the East Coast. President Trump has attempted multiple times to block the project.]()
Congress has a plan to stop Trump’s attack on offshore wind. It may not be enough.
Senators made a deal to protect clean energy, but presidential interference continues.
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![A man in Kula, Hawaii removes a fence burned in the wildfires that raced across Maui in 2023.]()
![A man in Kula, Hawaii removes a fence burned in the wildfires that raced across Maui in 2023.]()
Long after the Maui fires, toxic metals linger in residents’ bodies
The toxic exposures didn’t begin with the flames. Researchers are examining how fires impacted a community already harmed by plantation agriculture, development, and colonialism.
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![Collage of sun shining through trees and person with their eyes closed]()
Advice from a climate therapist: Touch grass. (No, really.)
Caring about nature can feel hollow when we lead a life disconnected from it. Therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice for building in moments of connection.
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