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How giant ‘batteries’ in the Earth could slash your electricity bills
We're wasting too much of the clean energy we generate. Reservoirs and caverns can store excess solar and wind power.
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![Joe Biden speaks at a podium in front of a sign that reads Investing in America]()
![Joe Biden speaks at a podium in front of a sign that reads Investing in America]()
Midwest wins funding for a new hydrogen hub. Not everyone is convinced it’s ‘clean.’
Policymakers and industry say the Midwest Hydrogen Hub will create green jobs and slash emissions, but environmentalists see a ploy to keep fossil fuels in use.
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![Photo of Trump giving a speech in front of boxes of Whirlpool appliances]()
How to take climate change out of the culture wars
What if the resistance to climate science is not really about science at all?
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![an african american person holds a sign up in the middle of a crowd of people. The sign is a fabric banner that says TRUMP: CLIMATE CRIMINAL.. Behind her is a blurry background showing a man in a hat at a podium and an audience with their phones out looking away from the podium.]()
Where did all the climate voters go?
Michigan and other battleground states might have swung for Trump, but they elected environmentalists to U.S. Senate seats, too.
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![Three plastic bottles of Pepsi on a store shelf, side by side.]()
New York’s plastic lawsuit against PepsiCo has been dismissed. What’s next?
Despite the setback, environmental attorneys think similar litigation can succeed elsewhere.
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![Photo of a man in a blue suit gesturing in front of a microphone in front of the Capitol]()
How Republicans (sometimes) get on board with climate action
Getting anything accomplished under President-elect Trump might seem far-fetched. But it’s happened before.
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![a woman in a purple shirt uses a broom to push away debris in a street full of debris on either side. she is ankle-deep in water. There is light coming from behind her. The street is narrow.]()
It’s already official: You’re living through the hottest year on record
According to the European Union's climate agency, 2024 is also the first year to breach a key climate threshold.
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The funky mold turning food waste into culinary delights
An Indonesian staple is shaking up the restaurant scene — and may just end up preventing a big source of emissions.
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![View of trees in a forest, with dark shadows at the bottom and dark blue sky above.]()
The 5 states where environmental ballot initiatives triumphed
Across the country, voters approved spending billions of dollars on climate resilience and conservation.
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An attempt to repeal Washington’s landmark climate law failed massively
"Every state legislator can now look to Washington and say, ‘This is a winning issue,’” Governor Jay Inslee said. “This is something you can defend and win big on."
