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THE CONVERSATION - USA - Environment

Can the world quit coal?

Can the world quit coal?

1 day ago 64

Supply-chain delays, rising equipment prices threaten electricity grid

Supply-chain delays, rising equipment prices threa...

1 day ago 65

Global companies are still committing to protect the climate – and they’re investing big money in clean tech

Global companies are still committing to protect t...

2 days ago 132

What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling into the US?

What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese...

3 days ago 13

No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming

No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Cari...

3 days ago 11

Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change

Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling c...

3 days ago 5

Sulfur-based batteries could offer electric vehicles a greener, longer-range option

Sulfur-based batteries could offer electric vehicl...

3 days ago 4

A bold new investment fund aims to channel billions into tropical forest protection – one key change can make it better

A bold new investment fund aims to channel billion...

5 days ago 5

Trump was already cutting low-income energy assistance – the shutdown is making things worse as cold weather arrives

Trump was already cutting low-income energy assist...

1 week ago 6

Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving

Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass me...

1 week ago 40

How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled

How the US cut climate-changing emissions while it...

1 week ago 37

2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food

2 ways you can conserve the water used to make you...

1 week ago 68

Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species

Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of...

2 weeks ago 68

4 urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Rico’s troubled hurricane recovery – and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after Melissa

4 urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Rico’s tr...

2 weeks ago 62

4 urgent lessons for Jamaica’s hurricane recovery from Puerto Rico’s struggles – and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after Melissa

4 urgent lessons for Jamaica’s hurricane recovery ...

2 weeks ago 33

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed

Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jama...

2 weeks ago 43

Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money

Agricultural drones are taking off globally, savin...

2 weeks ago 50

Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts

Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s fun...

2 weeks ago 52

An Indigenous approach shows how changing the clocks for Daylight Saving Time runs counter to human nature – and nature itself

An Indigenous approach shows how changing the cloc...

2 weeks ago 42

2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation

2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinc...

3 weeks ago 58

Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed

Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last...

3 weeks ago 47

Trump’s words aren’t stopping China, Brazil and many other countries from setting higher climate goals, but progress is slow

Trump’s words aren’t stopping China, Brazil and ma...

3 weeks ago 54

When coal smoke choked St. Louis, residents fought back − but it took time and money

When coal smoke choked St. Louis, residents fought...

3 weeks ago 39

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help s...

3 weeks ago 39

Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties

Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despi...

1 month ago 57

FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US

FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps revea...

1 month ago 45

Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever

Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technologica...

1 month ago 44

Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestry

Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be e...

1 month ago 45

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a st...

1 month ago 48

Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment

Industrial facilities owned by profitable companie...

1 month ago 41

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism

Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for...

1 month ago 56

Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain

Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat,...

1 month ago 57

Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations

Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no lo...

1 month ago 52

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate c...

1 month ago 56

From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country

From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miner...

1 month ago 46

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat – a geographer explains how to restore them

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat –...

1 month ago 53

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research ...

1 month ago 46

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handlin...

1 month ago 45

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA...

1 month ago 75

How to identify animal tracks, burrows and other signs of wildlife in your neighborhood

How to identify animal tracks, burrows and other s...

1 month ago 37

How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

How sea star wasting disease transformed the West ...

1 month ago 61

Banks retreat from climate change commitments – but it’s business more than politics

Banks retreat from climate change commitments – bu...

1 month ago 63

Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people

Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s...

1 month ago 52

Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution-burdened Memphis neighborhood

Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after...

1 month ago 59

Birding by ear: How to learn the songs of nature’s symphony with some simple techniques

Birding by ear: How to learn the songs of nature’s...

1 month ago 44

A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions

A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies w...

1 month ago 90

A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data

A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to li...

1 month ago 74

For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor

For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if y...

1 month ago 63

Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?

Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?

1 month ago 68

How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work

How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it h...

2 months ago 58