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Posted on June 23, 2025

India Is Using AI and Satellites to Map Urban Heat Vulnerability Down to the Building Level

Remote-sensing data and artificial intelligence are mapping the most heat-vulnerable buildings in cities like Delhi, in an effort to target relief from extreme temperatures at a granular level.
Posted on June 21, 2025

Methane Pollution Has Cheap, Effective Solutions That Aren’t Being Used

The International Energy Agency estimates that 70 percent of the fossil fuel sector’s methane emissions could be cut with existing technologies—many of which would save polluters money.
Posted on June 19, 2025

How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying

A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret.
Posted on June 17, 2025

Scientists Discover the Key to Axolotls’ Ability to Regenerate Limbs

A new study reveals the key lies not in the production of a regrowth molecule, but in that molecule's controlled destruction. The discovery could inspire future regenerative medicine.
Posted on June 14, 2025

Wood Pellet Mills Are Prone to Catching Fire. Why Build Them in California?

Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching alight. Yet there are plans to build several near Yosemite’s tinderbox forests.
Posted on June 11, 2025

The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power Plants

"The EPA is trying to get out of the climate change business,” says one expert.
Posted on June 10, 2025

A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers

An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
Posted on June 7, 2025

Uber Just Reinvented the Bus … Again

Beyond the jokes about its new shuttle service are serious questions about what it will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and congestion.
Posted on June 5, 2025

How to Prepare for a Climate Disaster in Trump’s America

Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies.
Posted on May 31, 2025

Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar

US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, say researchers from Wood Mackenzie.

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