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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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![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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Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure
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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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![Sheep graze among solar panels on a farm in Kentucky]()
![Sheep graze among solar panels on a farm in Kentucky]()
Trump just effectively killed a popular solar energy program for rural America
Solar panels can be an economic lifeline for farmers. Now they're going to be a lot harder to build.
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![Photo of a truck hauling coal in a mining area]()
![Photo of a truck hauling coal in a mining area]()
Is coal really making a comeback?
Headlines say the dirtiest fossil fuel is “back in fashion” — but there's much more to the story.
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![An illustration shows two Black women facing each other, eyes closed through a barrier of water. Silhouettes and vines swirl around them.]()
![An illustration shows two Black women facing each other, eyes closed through a barrier of water. Silhouettes and vines swirl around them.]()
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![Two men moving a heat pump]()
A new report just busted another myth about heat pumps
Don't worry: There is there plenty of room on the grid for these electrical wonders — and they'll save ratepayers tons of cash.
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![towels with images of the two Brazilian presidential candidates hang near a sign]()
![towels with images of the two Brazilian presidential candidates hang near a sign]()
Brazil’s election could determine the fate of the Amazon
The next president’s policies on deforestation will come at a critical moment for the rainforest’s survival.
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![Man seated looking through trading cards]()
Magic: The Gathering draws a bad hand with El Niño
El Niño-related shipping delays have left fans waiting for the game’s latest release.
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![Collage Jane Kim, Ben Allen, and wildfire imagery]()
![Collage Jane Kim, Ben Allen, and wildfire imagery]()
After a decade of wildfires, an overlooked election could shape California’s climate future
The race for state insurance commissioner hinges on a pivotal question: can the private market help us adapt to climate disasters?
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