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Many turbines rely on high-demand rare-earth minerals. A new Department of Energy program aims to keep them out of landfills.
“It shouldn't have to be this hard to get these common sense rules in place.”
The immediate suspension of DCPA will spare workers' children "lifelong harm."
In 2025, regulatory rollbacks and surging power demand helped buoy an industry in trouble.
A company agreed to install technology to watch for the tiny plastic pellets.
How climate change is complicating efforts to contain America's most common mosquito-borne illness.
Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching on fire. So why are there plans to build several near Yosemite's tinderbox forests?
Texas revamped its early warning system after a Hill Country flood killed 139 people last year. July's historic flood revealed what it accomplished — and what’s left to do.
Internal United Nations documents show that officials were aware of widespread environmental and public health problems that resulted from its distribution of pesticides.