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As the market for floatovoltaics explodes, scientists are studying how to make the systems also work for waterbirds and other organisms.
The small town of Plympton, Massachusetts, eliminated 305 tons of garbage a year by making everyone pay for what they toss.
The regulation requires grid operators to develop plans to build out the transmission needed to deliver on Biden’s climate agenda.
A new report finds that while electricity demand skyrocketed, the deployment of new wind, solar, and nuclear power did, too.
In Asheville, North Carolina, a housing crisis is colliding with a poorly understood health threat.
The majority of public land is too fire prone and far away from communities to even make sense for housing, research shows.
However, outdated science and views lead many researchers to ignore traditional knowledge.
As countries try to find agreement on plastic pollution, creative interventions are turning heads — and turning the conversation toward health harms, fossil fuels, and false solutions.
Tens of thousands of Omahans have lead in their yards at levels that experts say is dangerous, especially for kids. Growing momentum to do more cleanup in what’s already the nation’s largest residential lead Superfund site now may stall.
