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![Passengers disembark from an electric Caltrain commuter train in the San Francisco Bay Area.]()
![Passengers disembark from an electric Caltrain commuter train in the San Francisco Bay Area.]()
How electrifying a Bay Area rail system made trains faster, cleaner, and more frequent
A $2.4 billion upgrade is shaving minutes off Caltrain trips through Silicon Valley, doubling weekend ridership, and reducing riders’ exposure to toxic diesel pollution.
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A regional network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds
As climate change intensifies wildfires and other extreme weather events, demand for native seeds is surging.
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The beautiful Venetian plant with a secret climate superpower
Not far from the crowds of Venice, scientists are finding that sea lavender locks away carbon, builds ecosystems, and could help coastal cities weather a warming world.
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![An electric bus rolls through the streets of Madison, Wisconsin.]()
![An electric bus rolls through the streets of Madison, Wisconsin.]()
Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin
Madison is proving that electric buses can run through frightfully cold winters, providing a blueprint for zero-emissions transit in other frigid locales.
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Ask a Climate Therapist: How do I deal with friends and family who won’t stop polluting?
Your climate values are conflicting with your closest relationships. Here's some advice on how to cope.
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![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
![17 June 2024, Berlin: The water flushes in a toilet. Berliner Wasserbetriebe held its annual press conference on June 17.]()
Would you pay $49 a month to drink recycled wastewater?
A recent survey found that rural Americans would pay for the privilege of water reuse. Here's the huge potential benefit of the technique.
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![Person holding electric bill with orange lightning bolts sparking from it]()
![Person holding electric bill with orange lightning bolts sparking from it]()
What’s behind your eye-popping power bill? We broke it down, region by region.
The culprit depends on where you live — but it’s probably not data centers (yet).
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Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas
As tech giants find creative ways to generate electricity, they’re building a glut of new fossil fuel projects.
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![Sunlight glows through the steam of a geothermal power plant in Niland in California.]()
![Sunlight glows through the steam of a geothermal power plant in Niland in California.]()
Geothermal could replace almost half of the EU’s fossil fuel power
Advances in drilling and subsurface engineering are unlocking a constant, clean power source deep within the Earth.
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![Satellite image of the Great Lakes, covered in snow and ice]()
![Satellite image of the Great Lakes, covered in snow and ice]()
What over a century of ice data can tell us about the Great Lakes’ future
Using old records, scientists created a new dataset on how ice coverage has shifted since 1897. Researchers are already using it to study a declining fish species.
