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Wood Pellet Mills Are Prone to Catching Fire. Why Build Them in California?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Wood pellets, by design, are highly ...
Uber Just Reinvented the Bus … Again
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every few years, a Silicon Valley ...
Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System
Grid batteries have a halo effect for other power generators too. Most thermal power plants—coal, gas, nuclear—prefer to run at ...
US Cities Seeking to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings Just Got a Big Win in Court
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Cities looking to eliminate fossil fuels ...
Why Is Chocolate So Expensive Right Now?
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Just four West African countries are ...
The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
Karen Short, a research ecologist with the Forest Service who contributed to the study and maintains a historical database of ...
A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas
Michaelsen thought he had won. But when the TCEQ commissioners took up the question several months later, again they rejected ...
AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter
This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein ...
Enough With the Arrogant Attitudes Towards Extreme Heat
This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A 4-month-old died in Arizona as ...
Everything’s About to Get a Hell of a Lot More Expensive Due to Climate Change
Agricultural yields for important commodities produced in those states (fruits, nuts, corn, sugar, veggies, wheat) are withering, thanks to punishing ...
