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An offshore wind turbine, mostly white with a red stripe around the middle of its tower, against a partly cloudy sky

How to recycle the giant magnets inside wind turbines? These scientists have a few ideas.

Many turbines rely on high-demand rare-earth minerals. A new Department of Energy program aims to keep them out of landfills.

Maddie Stone Energy February 26, 2024

CHICAGO - FEB 12: The claws of a scrap handler machine prepares to move piles of scrap metal at General Iron Industries in Chicago, Illinois on FEB 12, 2011.

Illinois EPA must revamp its permitting process after Chicago activists file civil rights complaint

“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”

Siri Chilukuri & Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Cities February 25, 2024

Record-breaking wildfires blanket Brazil with smoke

The blazes come on top of a drought that has left some river communities stranded.

Siri Chilukuri Drought October 16, 2023

An artistic rendering of the EarthCARE satellite with radio antenna extending from the front and a tail of solar panels sticking off the back flies above the cloudy Earth

A new satellite could help solve one of our climate’s biggest mysteries: Clouds

After 23 years and nearly $900 million, EarthCARE is poised to provide an unprecedented look at how clouds and aerosols shape, and respond to, climate change.

Syris Valentine Science June 7, 2024

Pacific Islanders in traditional outfits performing at an arts festival

A rare celebration of Indigenous Pacific cultures underscores the cost of climate change

The festival highlights a cultural scene that is threatened by rising seas and dangerous storms.

Anita Hofschneider Culture June 7, 2024

With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline

The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture November 7, 2025

digital collage of world map with 3 photo cutouts of different foods with arrows drawn on top

A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is

A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture June 19, 2025

How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars

Efficient appliances used to have bipartisan support. What happened?

Kate Yoder Politics April 23, 2025

A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025

California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.

The fires could cause more than $20 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather January 8, 2025

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