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What new mining projects could mean for Alaskan salmon

What new mining projects could mean for Alaskan salmon

By Becki Robins / Undark

The environmental argument for banning menthol cigarettes

The environmental argument for banning menthol cigarettes

By Carla Delgado

Some climate activists aren’t suing over the future—they are taking aim at the present

Some climate activists aren’t suing over the future—they are taking aim at the present

By Isabella Kaminski / Hakai Magazine

Industrial shot of an oil refinery plant

How Google Search is helping ‘greenwash’ oil companies

Swiss train crossing bridge in Alps

Switzerland sets world record for longest passenger train—and it’s electric

Ocean plastic ‘vacuums’ are sucking up marine life along with trash

Ocean plastic ‘vacuums’ are sucking up marine life along with trash

By Carla Delgado

European Union sets goal to block sales of gas-powered cars by 2035

European Union sets goal to block sales of gas-powered cars by 2035

By Sara Kiley Watson

Global carbon emissions will peak in 2025, international agency estimates

By Laura Baisas

Stronger pollution protections mean focusing on specific communities

Stronger pollution protections mean focusing on specific communities

By Sara Kiley Watson

Roofgarden in Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pumping carbon dioxide waste to rooftop gardens boosts crop yields

Close up of solar panel in green field at sunrise

Global CO2 emissions grew by less than a percent this year thanks to renewables

New Zealand may be the first country to carbon price cow farts

New Zealand may be the first country to carbon price cow farts

By Carla Delgado

Caltech solar power satellite prototype on space station table with earth horizon in window background

This space-adapted solar panel can fold like origami

Thousands of EV chargers will soon line America’s highways

Thousands of EV chargers will soon line America’s highways

A flooded field

How disastrous floods can also lead to food insecurity

By Laura Baisas

Lab-grown coral

Scientists grow stunning, endangered coral in a lab

By Alex Riley / Hakai Magazine

Wildland firefighters face another danger—an increased risk of long COVID

Wildland firefighters face another danger—an increased risk of long COVID

By Miles W. Griffis / High Country News

People will throw away about 5.3 billion phones this year

People will throw away about 5.3 billion phones this year

By Laura Baisas

Siemens Gamesa wind turbine against blue sky backdrop

A wind turbine just smashed a global energy record—and it’s recyclable

The future of dishwashing could be hot, steamy, and sustainable

The future of dishwashing could be hot, steamy, and sustainable

By Carla Delgado

Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility

The US’s first utility-scale renewable energy triple threat is online in Oregon

By Sara Kiley Watson

Coyote walking on street

Culver City is home to a unique cat versus coyote conflict

By Laura Baisas

falling water levels on the rhine near cologne august 2022

Hotter summers are baking the water out of soil at unprecedented rates

By Laura Baisas

Even mining in shallow waters is bad news for the environment

Even mining in shallow waters is bad news for the environment

By Carla Delgado

a downed electricity pole after a storm

Renewable energy could be the key to hurricane-proofing Puerto Rico’s power grid

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Brown-skinned parent in green short and baby in pink onesie eating fruit in front of an open fridge, which is full of HFCs

The US ban on hydrofluorocarbons is a climate game-changer

By Sara Kiley Watson

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

By Laura Baisas

Plastic trash on a beach.

Recycling one of the planet’s trickiest plastics just got a little easier

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Bowl of mussels.

Eating seafood can be more sustainable and healthy than red meat

By Carla Delgado

A century ago, wind power was a farming norm. What happened?

A century ago, wind power was a farming norm. What happened?

By Hal Harvey & Justin Gillis

Children playing in polluted sand in front of AES Gener thermoelectric plant in Chile

For years, Chile exploited its environment to grow. Now it’s trying to save it.

Sketch drawing of web of Ethereum logos

Ethereum finally completed ‘The Merge’

Biofuel is a ‘renewable’ resource, but climate change could soon limit its potential

Biofuel is a ‘renewable’ resource, but climate change could soon limit its potential

By Carla Delgado

Phase out fossil fuels now to avoid a devastating global health crisis, WHO warns

Phase out fossil fuels now to avoid a devastating global health crisis, WHO warns

By Laura Baisas

Photo of wildfires covering mountains with residential area below it

New federal mapping tool brings climate resiliency to everyday Americans

Extreme heat is knocking out data centers

By Charlotte Hu

A blue whale near Sri Lanka and a container ship.

World’s largest shipping company reroutes ships to protect world’s largest animals

By Laura Baisas

Gray clouds in sky.

Is ‘cloud seeding’ actually helping fight drought?

people sit on a makeshift raft and row down flooded streets in pakistan

How climate change fed Pakistan’s devastating floods

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Recycled notebook and metal straw.

Consumers are skeptical of buying recycled goods. Are they right?

By Carla Delgado

A cooked lobster claw.

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

Solar PV panel up close.

Are solar panels headed for space?

Printer making flyers.

Should we switch from petroleum ink to soy-based ink?

By Carla Delgado

People wade across a flooded street after heavy monsoon rainfall in Karachi on July 25, 2022

A ‘monsoon on steroids’ has submerged a third of Pakistan

By Laura Baisas

Close up of electric vehicle charger plugged into electric car

New ‘super-fast’ method can shave EV battery charging down to minutes

Coast of Lake Superior

The untouched ‘wilderness’ of the Great Lakes is an illusion

By Dave Dempsey

Are drones the future of sustainable deliveries?

Are drones the future of sustainable deliveries?

By Carla Delgado

California poised to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars

California poised to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars

By Laura Baisas

Smoke stacks at coal burning power plant

Hawaii’s only coal plant will shut down for good in September

By Laura Baisas

George Washington Bridge traffic going into Manhattan in the daytime when congestion pricing will apply

Why congestion pricing reduces traffic better than new highway lanes

High Line elevated walkway and forest in Manhattan, New York City

4 ways the Inflation Reduction Act invests in healthier forests and greener cities

Older couple sitting on bench in Miami.

By 2050, most of the US will be blanketed by extreme heat belt

By Laura Baisas

Air conditioning units on orange wall.

What do AC limits mean for a heatwave-stricken Europe?

Kids with long frizzy brown hair birdwatching with binoculars from a duck blind

How to become a citizen scientist—and when to leave it to the professionals

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Everything you need to know about EV tax credits and the Inflation Reduction Act

Everything you need to know about EV tax credits and the Inflation Reduction Act

Wind turbines on hill.

The Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS could kick US climate policy back into action

Future LEDs could be made with fish scales

Future LEDs could be made with fish scales

By Dan Bracaglia / Popular Photography

House with solar panels on roof.

How can electrified buildings handle energy peaks?

By Carla Delgado

Power lines against sunset.

In Texas, a strained grid braces for more crypto mining

Flooded buildings and cars in neighborhood.

Disaster prep can save lives, but isn’t as accessible to those most at risk

By Carla Delgado

Henry Ford article How Power Will Set Men Free

Why hasn’t Henry Ford’s ideal power grid become a reality?

By Bill Gourgey

Oak Fire satellite image

A hellish combination of topography, weather, and fuel stirred the Oak Fire

By Sara Kiley Watson

Woman shopping for fruit in grocery store.

The case for paying carbon taxes on unsustainable food

By Carla Delgado

Poster at protest reading "stop coal now."

Federal climate policy is still possible—if Biden takes action