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A row of test tubes with snippets of seaweed inside

The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds

Not all critical minerals need to come from digging up the earth.

Grist staff Energy March 26, 2025

A woman runs along a lake as the sun rises next to power lines.

Smart thermostats are helping Arizona’s grid ride out extreme heat

Amid soaring temperatures, Arizona has seen success with utility programs that incentivize people to turn down the AC when the power grid is stressed.

Jeff St. John, Canary Media Energy September 24, 2023

The surprising biodiversity of abandoned coal mines

“We’re increasingly finding that it’s not true that these are just ecological voids where nothing is living there.”

Katie Myers Science October 5, 2023

Lake Shasta, California's largest dam and water reservoir feeding the Sacramento River, sits at historically low levels in July 2015.

How the Western drought has increased carbon emissions

Hydropower loss added 121 million metric tons of carbon emissions over 20 years — about the same as putting 1.3 million more cars on the road.

Jake Bittle Energy July 10, 2023

A plowed field and water tower are shouded in fog in an aerial photo of the town of Stanton, Tennessee.

A huge EV factory is coming to west Tennessee. Here’s how locals are ensuring they benefit.

Communities are using an organizing tool intended for sports stadiums to bargain with energy transition projects for labor standards and affordable housing.

Katie Myers Solutions December 17, 2023

Guam gets pummeled by Typhoon Mawar — another cyclone charged by warming seas

It's the strongest cyclone to hit the U.S. territory in 20 years.

Max Graham Extreme Weather May 24, 2023

A group of waste pickers pick up trash from a dumpsite.

Does the plastics industry support waste pickers? It’s complicated.

The people who clean up the world's trash say some companies' statements of support are little more than lip service.

Joseph Winters Accountability July 30, 2024

A group of construction workers stand in a trench at night.

As the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities look to alternatives for water

Many of the solutions are costly, putting them out of reach for small towns. But the region's most populous cities are getting innovative.

Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune Drought July 27, 2024

Illustration of a man lighting an intentional, prescribed fire at the edge of a forest

Why loving trees sometimes means cutting them down

An outdated land management ideology with roots in colonialism is keeping California and the West from taking essential steps toward mitigating increasingly destructive wildfires.

Kristina Rizga Science August 17, 2023

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