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The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. I’ve been a vegetarian for over a decade. It’s…
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An Invasive Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Spread to the Rocky Mountains
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It can carry life-threatening diseases. It’s difficult…
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Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As President Donald Trump sees it, environmental regulations…
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Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fueled by unusually warm waters, Hurricane Melissa…
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Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy
[ad_1] “[The clutch] is like 1950s technology—it’s really boring,” Westerman said (“boring,” for grid operators, is the highest form of praise). “The marginal cost…
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Why US Power Bills Are Surging
[ad_1] Now, electricity prices are surging in addition to all of the uncorked demand from the Covid-19 pandemic, when the global economic slowdown and…
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The LA Fires Spewed Out Toxic Nanoparticles. He Made It His Mission to Trace Them
[ad_1] Spada’s is one of the hardest projects to tune the beam for. “The beam is way over-powered to run my samples, at baseline,”…
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Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space
[ad_1] For one thing, the systems he imagines process data relatively slowly compared to those on terra firma. They’d be constantly bombarded by radiation,…
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Big Businesses Are Doing Carbon Dioxide Removal All Wrong
[ad_1] Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and H&M are currently investing in durable CDR. A spokesperson for H&M described the fast-fashion company’s purchase of 10,000 metric tons…
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Real Estate Speculators Are Swooping In to Buy Disaster-Hit Homes
[ad_1] “Hi there Gina, hope you’re having a great day,” said another exactly two weeks later. “My name is Christine, I am a land…
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Antarctica Is Changing Rapidly. The Consequences Could Be Dire
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Seen from space, Antarctica looks so much simpler than…
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Climate Change Is Bringing Legionnaire’s Disease to a Town Near You
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Air conditioners have been working overtime this hot summer,…
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California Is Flooding School Cafeterias With Vegan Meals—and Kids Like It
[ad_1] Student nutrition directors like Primer say the foundation that allows schools to experiment with new recipes is California’s universal free lunch program. She…
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The Origins of the Climate Haven Myth
[ad_1] The real estate industry has taken notice. Quite coincidentally, as Hurricane Helene was bearing down on the Southeast last week, Zillow announced a…
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Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity
[ad_1] It is not just a case of building more capacity. Taiwan’s energy dilemma is a combination of national security, climate, and political challenges.…
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A Lawsuit From Backers of a ‘Startup City’ Could Bankrupt Honduras
[ad_1] The flurry of private contracts became part of a “kleptocratic” regime, according to one 2017 report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.…
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California Can Slake the Thirst of Its Farms by Storing Water Underground
[ad_1] For example, two winters’ worth of snow followed by intense heat created a flood risk in 2023. State officials decided to release water…
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AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing…
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The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
[ad_1] The disease is spread by two types of mosquito. The first is a species called Culiseta melanura, or the black-tailed mosquito. This mosquito…
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Scientists Plan ‘Doomsday’ Vault on Moon
[ad_1] Thanga and his team have sketched a system that would use solar panels and batteries to provide the power to push temperatures inside…