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Offshore wind turbines need rare earth metals. Will there be enough to go around?

China dominates production of the crucial metals, and wind companies are scouring the globe for more sources.

Maddie Stone Energy October 6, 2023

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Saying goodbye to the dangerous, alluring scent of gasoline

Electric vehicle makers are grappling with our olfactory attachment to the fuel.

Kate Yoder Culture August 1, 2022

What abandoning fossil fuels could look like in the Arab world

The researcher Hamza Hamouchene outlines a path toward a clean energy future without "green colonialism."

Lylla Younes International December 13, 2023

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Does your community have lead in its soil? Here’s what to do.

It’s not just a problem of the past. With these tips, you can help protect everyone’s future.

Yvette Cabrera Solutions March 22, 2023

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How a new subsidy for ‘green hydrogen’ could set off a carbon bomb

Using electricity to make hydrogen could be an elegant climate solution — or it could prop up a dirty grid.

Emily Pontecorvo Energy December 12, 2022

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Cryptomining uses a ‘disturbing’ amount of energy, lawmakers find

Bitcoin, we have a problem.

Julia Kane Climate & Energy July 18, 2022

Extreme rainfall will be worse and more frequent than we thought, according to new studies

Researchers say some climate models are underestimating future floods.

Zoya Teirstein Extreme Weather July 20, 2022

Illustration of a young man in a t-shirt and wool hat sitting on a rock overlooking a dirty, grey beach. He's distracted by a digital device, and digital projections of tropical palm trees appear over the dingy beach.

Sandbag Squidward

On a cold, damp beach in Louisiana, Henry Block is counting down the days until his Conservation Corps work ends and he can get back to building his digital world.

Ashlee Lhamon Climate Fiction March 12, 2026

It’s not just Coca-Cola: Corporations have co-opted the UN climate talks

COP27 is covered with logos. But that's just the start of companies' influence.

Kate Yoder COP27 November 15, 2022

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