Hawaiʻi’s green fee is the latest climate effort challenged by Trump
Hawaiʻi’s new green fee aimed at offsetting tourism’s impact on the environment has caught the eye of the Trump administration,
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New England kicks off $450M plan to supercharge heat pump adoption
New England winters can get wicked cold. This week, five of the region’s states launched a $450 million effort to warm
Read MoreEveryone hates gas-powered leaf blowers. So why is it so hard to ban them?
The push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers has gained an unlikely figurehead: Cate Blanchett, the Australian actress. “Leaf blowers need
Read MoreFEMA’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year
As 2025 draws to a close, the departure of the beleaguered acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, David
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Dismantling the Endangered Species Act will hurt a lot more than just wildlife
For more than 50 years, the Endangered Species Act has saved thousands of animals and plants from threats like poaching,
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Rising heat, failing kidneys: Climate’s hidden toll on migrant workers
The beeping of old dialysis machines at the National Kidney Center in Kathmandu never stops. Nurses in dark blue scrubs
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How gas stations can become the best place to charge your EV
Phillip Stafford has been converted. After two years driving a Tesla, he says there’s no going back to gasoline —
Read MoreHow to make data centers less thirsty
Data centers are notoriously thirsty. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found that, in 2023, the facilities consumed roughly
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10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal
On the first day of this year’s United Nations climate summit, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promised attendees
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Scorching Saturdays: The rising heat threat inside football stadiums
When Vanderbilt University football fan Douglas Dill set out with his son the morning of October 4 to watch their
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