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Two men drilling a geothermal well for a residential geothermal heat pump.

Want a job drilling for geothermal? A Northeast training hub is coming

A worker shortage threatens to hold up America’s buildout of geothermal networks. These groups have a plan to address the problem, starting in Massachusetts.

Chinese coal-fired power plant emitting pollution from four stacks

Despite record renewable growth, China is still betting on coal

China’s power-sector emissions fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade, but a rebound in coal-fired generation raises doubts about whether the decline will last.
Wildland firefighters managing  a controlled burn

Can controlled burns reduce California’s air pollution?

A new Stanford University study finds that annual prescribed burning could substantially reduce smoke pollution during California’s worst wildfire years.
A view of red buttes with a town on the plain below them

The winter’s snow drought is now a full-blown water crisis

The West's Missing Snowpack has teed up a dangerous summer drought.
An airplane on the tarmac

Scientists have made jet fuel from plastic waste

A new process converts hard-to-recycle styrofoam waste into valuable jet fuel at a cost competitive with petroleum-based fuels.
Two women in a kayak floating through a mangrove forest

Mangroves comeback is a rare climate success story

For decades, we've catalogued what we're losing to climate change. A sweeping new study offers something harder to find — evidence that one of the planet's most vital coastal ecosystems is actually winning.

An illustration of a car made out of green grass with a plug icon in the center

COP31 leaders unveil global targets, with spotlight on electrification

The two countries set to lead this year’s COP31 have unveiled three headline goals for November’s UN climate summit — on electrification, waste, and buildings.

Illustration depicting skyrocketing oil prices. Gasoline nozzle spewing coins against a rising graph

Democrats once vowed to stop oil and gas. Now they’re not so sure.

As the midterm elections approach, many leading Democrats are rethinking their approach to climate change.
SEPTEMBER 28 2015: Businessman and presidential candidate Donald Trump held a press conference at Trump Tower to unveil his comprehensive tax reform plan.

Trump attacks on renewables ‘toxic’ to permitting talks

A top Democrat said Wednesday he wanted to see more movement on renewable energy approvals. A White House official didn’t appear willing to budge.
A single hand poking up out of floodwaters

Inside the war to sideline stronger climate science before it’s used in court

An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry. Billions of dollars are at stake.
Biscayne Bay, Florida. MacArthur Causeway arches over the tranquil water, connecting to a vibrant marina brimming with yachts. In the distance, the iconic Miami Beach skyline.

Biscayne Bay is slowly becoming the ocean

A 20-year record reveals an estuary tipping toward a saltier, more acidic state. These conditions threaten its hammerhead shark nursery and the aquifer that supplies Miami’s drinking water.

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