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Nuclear in my backyard: A Nebraska utility is skirting the public backlash that plagues wind and solar

This unfathomably huge fungal network keeps Earth cool and green

For first time, Americans are getting more of their electricity from solar than coal

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Energy

• 70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge

• A first among major nations, India is industrializing with solar

• The EPA just walked back Hawai‘i’s plan to retire its dinosaur power plants

• Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year

Solutions

• Ask a Climate Therapist: Is it still ‘catastrophizing’ if the threat is real?

• The world’s largest data center was supposed to run on 100% natural gas. Utah’s Republican governor says ‘never.’

• Nike’s recycled World Cup uniforms reveal the limits of ‘circular’ fashion

• The Iran war is destroying oil demand. Could it also spark a shift to clean energy?

Staff Picks

Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all.

First came the wildfire. Then came the scams.

Alaska’s $44 billion bet on natural gas

A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world’s energy future

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies

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• Trump raised $8 million for Hurricane Helene survivors. Where did it all go?

Katie Myers

• Scams are rampant after natural disasters. Here’s how to protect yourself.

Naveena Sadasivam

• Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure

Anita Hofschneider

• How to track disaster spending in your community

Lyndsey Gilpin & Katie Myers

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