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Notes from Illinois’ virtual power plant frontier
Solrite is the latest energy services company to venture into Illinois, a sign of how quickly a new state law has jump-started the market.
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Lobsters and acidic seas: Can shellfish help neutralize one of the greatest threats to the ocean?
Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more carbon dioxide, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the research.
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As litigation looms and drought takes its toll, state officials are defiant over Colorado River's future
Years of negotiations between Colorado and six other Colorado River Basin states have failed to produce a new agreement on water allocations.
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A Supreme Court case may be slowing Trump’s next climate rollback
“EPA is trying to have their cake and eat it, too,” said one environmental lawyer.
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Extreme heat waves fuel political tensions in Europe
At the limits of adaptation, governments face a choice: point fingers, or seize the moment for transformational change.
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Heatwave in France: 2026 sets record for rockfalls in the Alps
The summer of 2026 saw an unprecedented wave of landslides in the French Alps, especially around Mont Blanc, driven by extreme heat and thawing permafrost.
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Why one highway exploded this summer — and why many more are at risk
Hotter summers are wreaking havoc across transportation infrastructure. One solution: paint everything white.
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