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There is a lot scientists don't understand about mercury — namely, how it becomes its most toxic form and why our bodies don't get rid of it. Researchers with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are hoping that mercury in cicadas can help provide clues about the element.
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content
PLYMOUTH – The state appeal hearing for Holtec International seeking to discharge wastewater from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into Cape Cod Bay has wrapped for now with a decision possibly …
Michael Luo writes about how treating political violence not as a standalone phenomenon but as a contagion could help safeguard the future of American democracy.
Bitcoin mining in the U.S. now consumes more electricity than Los Angeles. Harvard researchers found pollution hotspots affecting 1.9M people, raising health risks. #Bitcoin
An innovative microgrid and solar power system in the town of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico maintained electricity during April's island-wide blackout. Puerto Rico's solar microgrids are increasingly becoming a solution to the island's endless blackouts and aging grid. Meanwhile, the U.S. is redirecting funding away from solar toward grid fixes.
Now without that federal money at the start of the summer harvest season, farmers and food organizations are worried about how businesses will survive and how residents in need will access fresh food.
In recent years, oil and gas companies have made relentless attempts to drill and frack the land immediately bordering Chaco Canyon. Local communities and those similarly impacted by oil and gas development have been far from silent, calling for the protection of this culturally significant landscape.
The Trump administration plans to get rid of all limits on climate-warming pollution from the nation's fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel interests hailed the proposal, which likely faces legal challenges from environmental groups.
Trump arrived back in office primed to deliver on his mutually beneficial relationship with the fossil fuel industry, writes Frederick Hewett. After contriving a national energy crisis, he is using emergency provisions to circumvent regulations and subvert checks on executive power.
BARNSTABLE – The Cape Cod Commission has released the long-awaited final draft of the Cape Cod Freshwater Strategy, a data-driven framework to guide the region in protecting the water quality…
Sometimes reducing your home's energy use can be as simple as opening a window or buying tape. Here are five easy ways to have a more climate-friendly home and save on energy bills at the same time.
The Corporate lobbying network American Legislative Exchange Council is planning to draft a number of new bills attacking environmental protections.
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The astronomical energy needs of data centers for the fast-growing artificial intelligence industry have triggered a huge buildup of new power generation across the country — but the role that renewable energy will play in that mix is still very much up for grabs. Tech companies, which have long touted their public commitments to climate goals, have leaned heavily on renewable energy as a way to ramp up their power-hungry data centers without pumping more carbon into the air. In late 2024, U.S. data centers accounted for half of total US corporate clean energy procurement, according to an analysis by S&P Global. Now, however, the energy politics of Washington are changing — and this week’s horse trading over the Senate’s megabill showed that the tech industry may be shifting its stance. At the center of the debate are the tax credits for solar, wind and energy storage that were part of the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act. Republicans running the reconciliation process on the tax bill in the House and Senate have pledged to eviscerate the subsidies.
The US Coast Guard proposes navigational buoys reduction in Cape Cod waters; learn more about what this means for mariners and navigation.
The heat bearing down on central Alaska "could feel like 110" in a state where the sun shines 20 hours a day.
FLINT, MI – It’s 5 p.m. on a dreary day in downtown Flint, and while most workers surrounding the four-way intersection are buttoning up to head home after the workday, Emily Doerr is just getting started. Owner of Queens’ Provisions, a wine and charcuterie shop and lounge located at the corner of Garland Street and W 2nd Avenue, Doerr is bustling from one thing to the next in her vibrant store just steps away from the now infamous Flint River. While the waterway has come to symbolize pollution, illness and even corruption in this Midwestern community, for Doerr, it’s simply a backdrop to the city she has poured her hopes and bank account into as the site of her storefront. “Flint, more than any other urban center in America has an opportunity to be a 21st century place that is mixed income and diverse and environmentally conscious,” she said.
The U.S. President's interest in Greenland raises questions: Is it about expanding territory, securing resources, or tapping into Greenland's rare-earth riches? With China eyeing Greenland too, could this spark yet another geopolitical clash? The stakes are high, but will Greenland's mining potential ever be realized?
Throughout human history, zoonotic diseases, illnesses that jump from animals to humans, have shaped civilizations, triggered pandemics, and rewritten the course of economies. The Black Death, which ravaged Europe in the 14th century, originated from bacteria transmitted by fleas that lived on rats. Ebola, HIV, and SARS-CoV-2, which caused COVID-19, all had animal origins. As humanity’s relationship with animals has become increasingly industrialized through factory farming, the risk of zoonotic spillover has escalated.
Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching alight. Yet there are plans to build several near Yosemite’s tinderbox forests.
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) says Florida could lose potentially up to 21,800 solar and storage jobs if the current bill isn’t altered by the U.S. Senate before making its way to the president's desk and signed into law.
BOURNE – At this month’s meeting of the Cape & Islands Bridges Coalition (CIBC), nearly 50 business and community leaders pushed for renewed efforts to replace the aging Sagamore and Bour…
U.S. Energy Secretary Christopher Wright on May 30 announced the termination of 24 federal awards for clean energy, including cutting $87 million to Massachusetts-based Sublime Systems.
The Mississippi River sculpted the nation, but now the people who live along it are dealing the effects of climate change. Here & Now traveled the Mississippi River to see how they're adapting.
FirstEnergy former CEO and another executive will face trial in January on charges that they paid off a regulator with a $4.3 million bribe.
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