DOGE goes nuclear: How Trump invited Silicon Valley into America’s nuclear power regulator
Last summer, a group of officials from the Department of Energy gathered at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling 890-square-mile
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California’s fossil fuel phaseout has left it vulnerable to the Iran oil shock
California has managed a remarkable feat over the past twenty years. Even as its economy has grown to overtake Germany’s
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To keep climate science alive, researchers are speaking in code
At the Department of Agriculture’s research division, everyone knows there’s one word they should never say, according to Ethan Roberts.
Read MoreIn Texas, Corpus Christi’s water crisis may be a glimpse into the future
When Thiago Campos bought the Mr. Fancy Pants Carwash business in Corpus Christi, Texas three years ago, he wasn’t thinking
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Iran was already running out of water. Then came the ‘war on infrastructure.’
Last week, following attacks on critical energy and water facilities escalating, the Israeli-U.S. war in Iran entered a new stage.
Read MoreModern agriculture is collapsing under climate change. Indigenous farming has answers.
In the last five years, Indigenous agriculture has received attention in academia as an alternative model, though on a smaller
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Fiber optic cables reveal a serious problem at the heart of modern farming
Thousands of years ago, beasts of burden helped make humanity what it is today. When farmers first started putting down
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The frantic, high-tech fight to stop climate-fueled dengue fever
The first patient arrived just over two years ago. January was supposed to be a slow month at Santa Rosa,
Read MoreTrump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds
On Monday, President Trump’s Department of the Interior announced that it will refund almost $1 billion to a French multinational
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Utah Republicans see storing nuclear waste as a ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’
The Republicans who dominate Utah’s politics — from the legislature to the governor’s mansion — are aggressively pursuing nuclear power,
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