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Used EVs have never been cheaper. But are they a good deal?
The price gap between used electric and gas cars is now just $900 — that's the lowest ever.
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Data centers gobble Earth’s resources. What if we took them to space instead?
A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it's feasible is another matter.
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Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion and 77,000 lives
A new report finds that replacing conventional boilers with heat pumps could also avoid 33 million asthma attacks by 2050, thanks to improved air quality.
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For Indigenous communities, AI brings peril — and promise
The boom in AI and data centers is driving Indigenous communities to defend their land, resources, and cultural knowledge from new forms of extraction.
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Trump and the energy industry are eager to power AI with fossil fuels
At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.
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Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers
The president hasn't directly targeted the nascent industry, but his clean energy rollbacks could hurt it.
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What’s likely to survive from Biden’s climate law? The controversial stuff.
Most of the incentives left off the chopping block are those favored by oil and gas companies.
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The environmental policy backed by free-market Republicans
The right to repair can reduce emissions and pollution. But for conservatives, it's "a freedom and liberty issue."
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The quest to fix the irony at the heart of every heat pump
The appliances are key to ditching fossil fuels, but they rely on powerful greenhouse gases to work. Here’s how to tackle that problem.
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Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.
Recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.
