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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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Stop Polluting Our Water, Ash Holes!

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
The EPA has finally set standards for hazardous coal ash pits. Too bad they’re not good enough.

Whatever the Light Touches

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Rooftop solar installations and huge solar farms are both booming.

Spitting into the Wind

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Property owners fight wind farms, but the numbers are in: They have no effect on property values.

Good Ozone vs. Bad Ozone

ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Ozone can be a protector or a killer. It all depends on where you find it.

Ozone Slayer

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
The new ozone limits are based on sound science rather than corporate scare tactics. What a revolutionary concept.

Pennies for the Planet

Latest NewsInternationalBrian Palmer
The U.N. created the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries get off fossil fuels. Five years on, the money is finally starting to flow.

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.