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Meet the communities trying to take over their local electric utility

Activists say public power would lower bills and expand clean energy. But they face tough opposition from investor-owned utilities.

Akielly Hu Politics January 24, 2024

A tractor approaches garden waste at a compost center in England

A simple way to prevent heaps of methane pollution: Composting

A new study says the practice could slash landfill emissions by as much as 84 percent.

Max Graham Food May 15, 2023

digital collage of 3 satellites on circular cutouts of black star filled space

Spying from space: How satellites can help identify and rein in a potent climate pollutant

Methane levels in the atmosphere are rising. An armada of satellites could help identify leaks from oil fields, landfills, and animal feed operations.

Syris Valentine & Naveena Sadasivam Accountability August 7, 2024

A mobile FEMA information center in Fort Myers following Hurricane Ian in 2022.

FEMA to overhaul its disaster aid system after decades of criticism

The agency will offer upfront cash payments to disaster survivors and slash some of its infamous red tape.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather January 19, 2024

The surprisingly simple way cities could save people from extreme heat

Cool roofs reflect sunlight and reduce the urban heat island effect.

Matt Simon Solutions July 16, 2024

Two people's forearms in a handshake against a yellow background. Behind their hands is a circular cutout of a rainforest.

Corporate climate targets are a mess. Could tracking ‘spheres of influence’ help?

New research proposes a new, more expansive way to look at companies’ contribution to global net-zero.

Joseph Winters Business August 21, 2024

Waves from the Gulf of Mexico push up against the shore as Hurricane Helene churns offshore near St. Pete Beach, Florida, on September 26, 2024.

The ‘perfect’ conditions that could make Hurricane Helene ‘unsurvivable’

The storm could rapidly intensify into Category 4 strength as it passes over the steaming-hot Gulf of Mexico, sending a huge surge of water ashore.

Matt Simon & Jake Bittle Extreme Weather September 26, 2024

The global treaty to save the ozone layer has also slowed Arctic ice melt

That's because chemicals banned under the 1987 Montreal Protocol are also potent greenhouse gases.

Akielly Hu Science May 24, 2023

Three glass bottles, one of which holds red bubbles, attached to hoses sit on a windowsill.

Cattle are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Hawaiian seaweed could change that.

Local businesses in Hawai’i are getting big funding boosts to help make farmed algae part of the solution in addressing the amount of methane cattle produce.

Thomas Heaton, Honolulu Civil Beat Solutions June 8, 2024

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