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![Rolling hills and forest are interrupted by an enclosure with a gas installation.]()
![Rolling hills and forest are interrupted by an enclosure with a gas installation.]()
Amid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning
A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.
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![A green field covered in black solar panels under a cloudy sky.]()
Solar and wind companies are coming to rural Texas. These residents are trying to keep them out.
In Franklin County, a group of locals are concerned about potential environmental harm from renewable energy facilities and support a bill that would impose more regulations on solar and wind. The industry says it’s being unfairly singled out.
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For years, the EPA and Texas ignored warning signs at a chemical storage site. Then an inferno erupted.
Regulators repeatedly documented — but did little to address — problems at a Houston-area tank farm.
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A transition to clean energy was supposed to be equitable. Instead, it’s hurting Indigenous communities.
“I constantly receive information that Indigenous Peoples fear a new wave of green investments."
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![A woman installs solar panels on a roof in Isabela, Puerto Rico.]()
![A woman installs solar panels on a roof in Isabela, Puerto Rico.]()
What could $1 billion do for Puerto Rico’s energy resilience? Residents have ideas.
As the Department of Energy aims to boost energy reliability in Puerto Rico, local solutions are already doing just that.
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A new bill in Oregon could target environmental protesters as terrorists
The blue state could become the 20th in the U.S. to enact a so-called critical infrastructure law.
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The GOP donors behind a growing misinformation campaign to stop offshore wind
Fossil fuel-backed groups say offshore wind hurts whales. But some Republicans still embrace the industry's economic benefits.
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Massive transmission line will send wind power from Wyoming to California
After 18 years, the TransWest Express line receives final approval.
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![A close up of machinery with metal pins holding dime-sized batteries.]()
![A close up of machinery with metal pins holding dime-sized batteries.]()
This dime-sized battery is a step toward an EV with a 1,000-mile range
Two Chicago-area institutions teamed up to develop a solid-state battery that packs a huge energy punch—one that could eventually even power airplanes.
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![Image of a gas pump with an ethanol symbol on it.]()
Midwestern leaders want to sell ethanol in summer despite smog risks
Ethanol was sold for years as a “climate-friendly” fuel, but research says it could harm the planet and your health.
