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![A technician installs a 215-pound lithium ion battery in a home in California.]()
![A technician installs a 215-pound lithium ion battery in a home in California.]()
California just showed how home batteries will radically remake the grid
Large batteries are helping homeowners keep the lights on during power outages. But they're also sending juice back to the system for others to use.
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![A woman stands near a manufactured home in a testing field for wind]()
![A woman stands near a manufactured home in a testing field for wind]()
At the Wall of Wind, engineers blow homes apart to learn how to save them
Extreme weather threatens millions of manufactured homes. Researchers are looking for practical ways to make them more more wind resilient.
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![Collage of sun shining through trees and person with their eyes closed]()
Advice from a climate therapist: Touch grass. (No, really.)
Caring about nature can feel hollow when we lead a life disconnected from it. Therapist Leslie Davenport offers advice for building in moments of connection.
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![Two men moving a heat pump]()
A new report just busted another myth about heat pumps
Don't worry: There is there plenty of room on the grid for these electrical wonders — and they'll save ratepayers tons of cash.
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Pampered city trees deal with stress better than their country cousins
They’re facing pollution and extreme heat, but a new study finds that city trees are actually more resilient than you'd think. Here's why.
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Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?
A legacy of deforestation has left Ethiopia struggling with more intense flooding and drought. The country is trying to restore its native forests through one of the world’s most ambitious and well-funded tree-planting campaigns, but such projects in other nations have often fallen short.
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Powering data centers on nuclear? That’s a tough sell in Utah’s coal country.
To power two new data centers, Carbon County is getting a giant gas plant and 456 small nuclear reactors. Locals are pushing back.
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![A man fills a home heating oil tank with a long hose connected to a tanker truck.]()
![A man fills a home heating oil tank with a long hose connected to a tanker truck.]()
The Northeast’s reliance on heating oil is turning into a crisis
The war in Iran has sent heating oil prices soaring, and families may not be able to keep their homes warm this winter.
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![Commuters exit a train in Boston.]()
![Commuters exit a train in Boston.]()
The future of commuter rail could be taking shape in Boston
A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.
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![People hand out supplies in a church]()
![People hand out supplies in a church]()
Two years after Hurricane Helene, survivors are taking lessons for the future
Western North Carolina residents are turning what they learned into solar microgrids, practical skills, and accessible spaces designed to help them weather the next disaster.
