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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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Hey GOP, Let’s Get Wild

Latest NewsUnited StatesAlisa Opar
Despite the Republican swing, the next Congress might actually protect some wilderness. ’Bout time.

Delude for Crude

Latest NewsUnited States
As Congress debates Keystone XL, falsehoods are flowing like…well, oil.

Cat Track Fever

Latest NewsUnited StatesAlisa Opar
Is your cat cheating on you? These private eyes will help you find out (and protect native wildlife in the process).

Walking: the Fast Track to Extinction

Latest NewsAfricaJason Bittel
Cheetahs are famous for how fast they can run, but it’s all the walking they’re doing that’s getting them into trouble.

Dam Shame

Latest NewsUnited States
Five of America’s worst.

Tastes Great, Less Drilling

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Craft brewers unite to save beer's most important ingredient: water.

The Tar Sands Bubble

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Without KXL, tar sands are a bad investment. By fighting the pipeline, activists have disrupted the industry’s bottom line.

Don’t Drink the Farm

Latest NewsUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Agriculture runoff is choking Lake Erie. Are lawmakers finally ready to tell farmers to knock it off?

Saving a Sea of Strange

Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel
The Endangered Species Act now protects 22 species of coral. Here are the four freakiest.