From sea monkeys to Great Salt Lake gold
10:00am By Grist CreativeThe shoreline of Utah’s Great Salt Lake frames an otherworldly body of water, from pastel pink to…Trump quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions
4:45am By Tristan BaurickOn a summer night in 2023, an explosion at one of Louisiana’s biggest petrochemical complexes sent…What warped the minds of serial killers? Lead pollution, a new book argues.
4:30am By Kate YoderWhen Ted Bundy was a child in the 1950s, he hunted for frogs in the nearby swamps in Tacoma,…Norway is all in on electric cars. What can the U.S. learn?
Sun 9:00am By Rod McCullom, UndarkIn January, the Norwegian Road Federation released a statistic that turned heads inside…Texas finalizes $1.8B to build solar, battery, and gas-powered microgrids
Jun 14, 2025, 9:00 am By Jeff St. John, Canary MediaThe Texas Legislature ended its biennial session without passing a slew of bills that could have…Trump’s EPA accidentally made the case against passing the Big Beautiful Bill
Jun 13, 2025, 4:45 am By Naveena SadasivamOn the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump frequently criticized the Biden administration for new…Senate Republicans want to sell 3 million acres of public land
Jun 13, 2025, 4:00 am By Kylie MohrOver 3 million acres of public land could be sold in the next five years, after Senate Republicans…This Alaska Native fishing village was trying to power their town. Then came Trump’s funding cuts.
Jun 12, 2025, 4:45 am By Ayurella Horn-MullerFor the fewer than a hundred people that make up the entire population of Port Heiden, Alaska,…There’s only one statewide ballot this year in Georgia — and it’s important.
Jun 12, 2025, 4:30 am By Emily JonesEarly voting is underway in the primary election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service…Climate disasters can alter kids’ brains — before they’re even born
Jun 11, 2025, 3:16 pm By Kate YoderWhen Superstorm Sandy made a beeline for New York City in October 2012, it flooded huge swaths of…‘For anybody who could use a break’: A Q&A with sci-fi author Becky Chambers
Jun 11, 2025, 10:18 am By Claire Elise ThompsonThe vision “One of the things I aim for is just to say, hey, it doesn’t have to be this way. I…Can a crowdsourced map of the world help save millions of people from climate disaster?
Jun 11, 2025, 4:45 am By Maddy CrowellThe day I was supposed to join a group of young women to map Gros Islet, an old fishing village on…Coal miners are fighting Trump’s safety cuts — and winning
Jun 11, 2025, 4:30 am By Katie MyersWhen the Trump administration took the first steps toward shutting down two major programs aimed at…In California, a biomass company’s expansion raises fears of more fires
Jun 10, 2025, 4:45 am By Tom BrownWood pellets, by design, are highly flammable. The small pieces of compressed woody leftovers, like…Trump’s second term is creating ‘a limbo moment’ for US battery recyclers
Jun 10, 2025, 4:30 am By Maddie StoneIn a recycling facility in Covington, Georgia, workers grind up dead batteries into a fine, dark…When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.
Jun 9, 2025, 4:30 am By Rebecca Egan McCarthyJust below Greenland is a menacing stretch of water known as the Cold Blob. As the planet heats up,…When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.
Jun 9, 2025, 4:30 am By Rebecca Egan McCarthyJust below Greenland is a menacing stretch of water known as the Cold Blob. As the planet heats up,…Data centers are building their own gas power plants in Texas
Jun 8, 2025, 9:00 am By Dylan Baddour & Arcelia Martin, Inside Climate NewsAbigail Lindsey worries the days of peace and quiet might be nearing an end at the rural, wooded…New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
Jun 7, 2025, 9:00 am By Alex Hager, KUNCThe Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to…The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
Jun 6, 2025, 5:40 pm By Miacel Spotted ElkA federal judge issued an injunction Friday that further delays the transfer of Oak Flat, an…
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