Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has built what may be the biggest battery in the U.S. at its controversial Memphis AI computing hub. The exact size of the battery is unclear. Canary Media counted 720 Tesla Megapack battery containers visible on the grounds of the Colossus 2 data center in
The intensifying super El Niño, combined with global warming, is favored to make 2026 the hottest year on record, with 2027 expected to be even hotter.
Two-thirds of Utah voters support restoring the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments to the previous boundaries they had before President Donald Trump reduced them to less than a quarter of their original size. That’s according to new polling
Throughout his career, the writer and farmer found joy in a world without end.
When the power goes out during a Georgia summer, the heat builds fast. Inside a home without air conditioning, the air turns heavy and stifling. For Donica Odell, who has dealt with Georgia Power disconnections for much of her life, it feels “like you’re boiling like crab legs.”
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from challenging California’s longstanding authority to set vehicle pollution stan tdadards stricter than federal requirements. The legal dispute stems from a decision announced in June by EPA administrat
PUYO, Ecuador—People fighting oil wells, mines and other threats to their homelands did not come to this Amazonian city to lobby politicians at an environmental conference hosted by governments. They built the conference themselves. The 12th Pan-Amazonian Social Forum, known as
KERMAN, Calif.—One hundred degrees on a steamy Thursday afternoon and not much can be seen along the dust-blown avenue in Kerman. A school bus cruises by. Cows lap up water or feed behind a fence. A tractor crosses the road. What’s most evident in this span of the San Joaquin Va
Tech billionaires say they want to make life better on Earth. Here's what they're not talking about.
TAMPA, Fla.—Ross Fabian’s low-slung apartment building sits beside a pond that sometimes smells of dead fish. He has seen dead dogs in the pond. For many years the pond has served an important purpose, as a repository of sorts for the pollutants and contaminants that flow with Fl
In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, policy makers, scientists and global negotiators are gathering to convey an urgent message: The world’s rangelands, which make up about half of Earth’s land surface, are in trouble. But these same lands offer an opportunity. If, collectively, farmers and
A collaborative project about Chicago’s handling of its massive number of lead water pipes—a public health hazard—has won a reporting award from the National Association of Black Journalists. The “Salute to Excellence” award is the latest in a list of honors for “Lead City,” a se
The intensifying super El Niño, combined with global warming, is favored to make 2026 the hottest year on record, with 2027 expected to be even hotter.
Throughout his career, the writer and farmer found joy in a world without end.
A federal appeals court has struck down the Trump administration’s use of emergency powers to require a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to remain open, ruling that the U.S. Department of Energy exceeded its authority. The 3-0 decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distr
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a trove of documents this week that shed new light on the air quality around the World Trade Center after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Some of these documents suggest, contrary to statements by former mayors Michael Bloomberg and
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI has built what may be the biggest battery in the U.S. at its controversial Memphis AI computing hub. The exact size of the battery is unclear. Canary Media counted 720 Tesla Megapack battery containers visible on the grounds of the Colossus 2 data center in
It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda.
The Trump administration is moving to accelerate oil and gas drilling across the Western Arctic with a new proposal that would slash environmental review and public input. The proposal could bring industrial activity to wide areas of wilderness and subsistence hunting grounds fo
The people who grow houseplants aren't often thought of as agricultural workers, but they face many of the same hardships — especially in extreme heat.
A gas export terminal on the Gulf Coast of Texas has routinely violated air pollution permits for years with little consequences from state regulators, according to a report released this week by Oilfield Witness, an environmental watchdog. The Texas-based activist group cited t
The artificial intelligence boom poses serious health risks while the Trump administration is dismantling crucial safeguards designed to protect the public, according to former officials at the federal agency responsible for environmental protection. A report released Thursday by
A federal court has ruled that the Department of Energy acted outside the bounds of its legal authority when it forced a coal plant in Michigan to keep running last year — a decision that could undermine the Trump administration’s push to prevent aging and costly fossil-fueled po
El intenso súper El Niño, combinado con el calentamiento global, hace prever que 2026 será el año más caluroso registrado, y se espera que 2027 sea aún más caluroso.
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