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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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Das Pollute

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Did Volkswagen expose flaws in our emissions-testing regime?

Six Feet Under

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
A new study suggests that coastal cities are much more vulnerable to flooding than previously thought.

Particulate Matters

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
New research suggests even small amounts of air pollution can make you sick.

Please Silence Your Sonar

Latest NewsWest, United StatesBrian Palmer
The U.S. Navy agrees to give marine mammals off California and Hawaii a break from deafening noise.

The Speed Sweet Spot

ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Not too fast, not too slow—how driving speed and free-flowing traffic can lower the carbon emissions from our tailpipes.

Keystone XL, Take Two

Latest NewsUnited States, MidwestBrian Palmer
Hey, State Department: Don’t let TransCanada build a mini-KXL, either.

Hotter = Drier

Latest NewsCaliforniaBrian Palmer
A new study shows how climate change is making the California drought worse.

Hot Water

ExplainerWest, United StatesBrian Palmer
Uranium mining threatens aquifers that could provide the drought-stricken West with emergency water supplies.

Denial Across the Pond

Latest NewsInternationalBrian Palmer
Is journalist Matt Ridley a climate denier? Here, we parse the views of England’s most prominent global warming skeptic.

More for Less

ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Understand energy efficiency, and you’ll understand how the Clean Power Plan works.

Want to Collect Some Whale Snot?

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Here’s your chance to contribute to an exciting—albeit slightly gross—new form of whale research.

Thanks, Chevron?

ExplainerUnited States, Washington, D.C.Brian Palmer
How a 1984 Supreme Court ruling for Big Oil could help Obama’s new plan to fight climate change.