Places Where Humans May Not Be Able to Live by the End of This Century
There are places on Earth where humans can barely live now. Many of the conditions causing these problems have…
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US Cities With Most Homes At Hurricane Risk, According to new Report
Earlier this month, Hurricane Lala passed the southern coast of Hawaii as a category 1 storm. Lala brought over…
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Mapping the US Counties Where Climate Doubt is Spreading
Denial of the human role in climate change has long been a component – and often a central one…
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Proposed Data Centers Could Use More Electricity Than All Alabama Homes Combined, Analysis Shows. Who Will Pay?
Alabama Power has guaranteed that residents’ power bills won’t increase as a result. Can the state’s largest utility keep…
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Why This Hurricane Season Might Turn Out to Be a Quiet One
The hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. On May 21, NOAA issued its official forecast, calling…
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These Midwest Counties Are Under Flood Warnings due to Storms
Rain storms across parts of the Midwest have pushed major waterways in the region past the flood stage, and…
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These Current or Planned AI Data Centers Are Bigger Than an Aircraft Carrier
Complaints about the size and resource use of AI data centers have risen steadily over the course of the…
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Most Expensive Climate Disasters In US Cities Since 1990
Ask Americans about the most severe climate disaster to strike a U.S. city this century, and almost everyone will…
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Cities That Hit or Topped 100 Degrees for the First Time Ever
July 2026 was the warmest month in the history of the continental United States. According to the National Oceanic…
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Your gas car works fine. Consider an EV anyway, scientists say
“This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” A few years ago, environmental…
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From Deepwater Horizon to Donora: America’s Biggest Environmental Disasters
This correspondent remembers the Deepwater Horizon spill and covered the story for months. The leak, which many thought would…
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15 Million People are Under Extreme Heat Warnings This Weekend
A massive heat wave is sweeping across the Central Midwest and parts of the South, pushing temperatures into the…
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AI Applications for Oil and Gas Companies Worsen Climate Pollution
A new peer-reviewed study suggests that productivity for fossil fuel companies boosted by AI tools will increase global emissions…
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Communities Where Home Values Plummeted After Data Centers Arrived
The era of artificial intelligence has ushered in a data center construction boom. Effectively a warehouse for servers and…
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America’s Largest Environment Non-Profits, led by some familiar names
The role of grants and donations to environmental groups cannot be overstated. Groups like The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife…
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NYC Wants to Use Thermal Energy to Cool Subway Stations
The stations can become “underground saunas” in the summer. An $800,000 pilot study could help lower temperatures. By Lauren…
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11 States That are Trying – And Failing – to Ban Data Centers
Earlier this summer, New York became the first state in the country to impose a temporary ban on construction…
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Cities Sinking Under the Weight of Their Buildings
The Empire State Building, erected in 1931, weighs 365,000 tons — a relatively modest figure by today’s standards, since…
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The Entire List Of 100 Species $200 Million Is Meant To Save
Leonardo DiCaprio’s Re:wild and the Bezos Earth Fund, Leonardo DiCaprio, Age of Union and the Todd Graves Family Foundation…
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Global EV Sales Are Booming — Except in the US
The global EV industry looks nothing like what was expected back in 2020. China, by far the world’s largest…
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Counties with Plans to Build Heaviest polluting data centers
As artificial intelligence continues to proliferate in the workplace and everyday life, tech companies are racing to scale up…
