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offshore oil drilling rig floats in Gulf of Mexico

Trump wants more drilling, but the oil market is already saturated

Hundreds of idle oil leases sit untapped in the Gulf of Mexico.

Tristan Baurick Energy January 30, 2025

Two workers wearing hard hats spread concrete

A former Utah coal town could soon become a hub for low-carbon cement

Terra CO2 wants to make cement additives from mining waste. The startup could get a $52.6 million DOE grant to build a clean energy factory near Salt Lake City.

Maria Gallucci Energy October 26, 2024

Collage of permanent total enclosure with green fumes surrounding it

Why the EPA is relying on unproven technology to stop cancer-causing emissions

Regulators hope sealed enclosures can keep a dangerous chemical from getting loose. Experts think they’re wrong.

Naveena Sadasivam, Lylla Younes, & Joaquín A. Rosado Lebrón Accountability August 22, 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 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

Vi Waghivi pictured in a 2017 photo in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Alaska Natives want the US military to clean up its toxic waste

Now they're turning to the UN for help.

Anita Hofschneider Indigenous Affairs March 19, 2025

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

compactor machine on top of pile of waste at landfill with large flock of seagulls flying above

An $18M grant would have drastically reduced food waste. Then the EPA cut it.

The Rhode Island project to create local jobs, launch compost hubs, and reduce emissions was years in the making.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture May 9, 2025

What exactly is a natural disaster?

Here are the types of extreme weather you may face — from tornadoes to floods to snow storms — and the officials who determine how severe it is and how financial assistance is distributed.

Lyndsey Gilpin Extreme Weather July 7, 2025

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