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With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
And it’s getting worse with extreme heat.
A poll finds less than one-third of Americans want a fully electric home. That number jumps to 60 percent if people can continue cooking with methane.
A new state law threatens massive fines for releasing air quality data, inviting a First Amendment showdown with community organizations.
An international court will decide what nations owe to future generations.
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
A 2022 poll of 1,500 U.S. teenagers found that 89 percent of them regularly think about the environment, “with the majority feeling more worried than hopeful.”