The Olympics are ditching PFAS waxes — and the ‘ridiculous’ speed they gave skiers
Tim Baucom has done this before. The Milan Cortina Games will be his third Olympics as a wax technician for
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Techonology
The U.S. doesn’t need to generate as much new electricity as you think
The conversation around energy use in the United States has become … electric. Everyone from President Donald Trump to the
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Inside the polarizing plan to stash carbon in a California wetland
The Montezuma Wetlands drape across 1,800 acres of Solano County, California, where the Sacramento River empties into San Francisco Bay.
Read MoreWhy the future of meat production is in vats, not farms
I recently ate a pig that’s alive and well at a sanctuary in upstate New York. Her name is Dawn,
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Japan’s unprecedented project could test the limits of deep-sea mining
The year 2010 was a reckoning for Japan’s economic security. On September 7, the Chinese fishing trawler Minjinyu 5179 refused
Read MoreTurmoil at FEMA adds to the revolt against Kristi Noem
Kristi Noem faces intensifying public scrutiny over her leadership of the Department of Homeland Security. Criticism of the former South
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Trump’s ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ for polluters faces its latest test in court
Last spring, the EPA made a surprise announcement: President Trump would consider giving some polluters exemptions from a handful of
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Visiting Oregon? You may soon have to pay a tax to protect its wildlife.
When Oregon’s short legislative session convenes in early February, conservation advocates will once again try to convince lawmakers to pass
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New Hampshire Republicans want to raise taxes on homes with solar
New Hampshire Republicans are attempting to do away with a 50-year-old property tax exemption for households and businesses with solar, contending
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Panic buying ahead of the winter storm isn’t preparedness. Here’s who it hurts.
Emptying supermarket shelves. Driving from store to store, hunting for milk, bread, and water. Ignoring the signs instructing shoppers to
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