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A brightly colored illustration showing a green hydrogen hub. A container ship on a waterway and a hydrogen production and storage facility are in the foreground, a solar panel array and wind turbines are in the mid-ground, and a city and sunset sky are in the distance.

Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.
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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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The Pope Is Not Alone!

ExplainerInternationalNicole Greenfield
When it comes to climate change, Pope Francis and many other world religious leaders are cut from the same cloth.

Monkey See, Monkey Flu

ExplainerInternationalBrian Palmer
By destroying primate habitat in Malaysia, we are exposing ourselves to a rare and dangerous form of malaria.

Hot in Hyderabad

ExplainerIndiaBrian Palmer
Your questions about the Indian heat wave, answered.

The Dirt on Dirt

ExplainerUnited States, InternationalBrian Palmer
The world’s soil helps us grow food and store carbon. So why are we letting it waste away?

The Pork in the Road

ExplainerUnited StatesBarry Estabrook
Two paths are before us—but only one leads to a sustainable future of healthful, humane food production. Which one to take? (Hint: Follow the pig with the spring in its step.)

Food Fetish

ExplainerUnited StatesTracie McMillan
On our farms, in our stores, and at our dining tables, aesthetics and efficiency are at war. Everybody loses.

Beauty and the Best

ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine
Don't be fooled by superficial good looks: If you truly love food, you’ll accept it as-is, blemishes and all.

The Silent Killer

ExplainerUnited States, International, New YorkClara Chaisson
Extreme heat kills more often than we think, and climate change is only going to turn it up a notch.

More Than a Drop in the Bucket

ExplainerUnited StatesJason Bittel
Making sure the Clean Water Act covers small streams and headwaters would protect the drinking water of millions of Americans.

Wrap Party

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Freinkel
Looking for another reason to worry about fracking? We're going to bubble-wrap the entire planet with the overabundance of plastic it produces.

What's a Sulcus?

ExplainerInternational
You've got plastic microbeads in your sulcus. (And that's not a good thing.)