An oil exec, a climate crisis, and reparations: what’s going down at the United Nations summit in Dubai
COP28 logo on the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on
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Tens of billions of dollars of IRA funding will now be earmarked for environmental justice
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 13, 2022: (L-R) U.S. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, U.S. First Lady Jill Biden U.S. President Joe
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It’s not just electricity — Bitcoin mines burn through a lot of water, too
Lights illuminate application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) devices used for Bitcoin mining. | Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bitcoin mines aren’t
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American Airlines will pay to bury 10,000 tons of CO2 underground
Airplanes at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday, November 21st, 2023. | Image: Haiyun Jiang
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Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running
Google partnered with clean energy startup Fervo on a new geothermal project in Nevada that will send electricity to the
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How humans are engineering the future of coral reefs
Alex Parkin How do you bring back a vanishing coral reef? That’s what conservationists are racing to do in the
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After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine
A November 1920 issue of Popular Science. | Image: Popular Science via Wikimedia Commons After 151 years, Popular Science will
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A cookbook helped me understand Dragon Age’s origins
Insight Editions/BioWare Food, fine dwarven food straight from Orzammar! Continue reading…
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Why the latest temperature check on climate change is still terrifying
Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge The latest numbers are in for how much our planet is projected to heat
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Tires are saving us — and killing us, too
Illustration by Nico H. Brausch for The Verge Sustainable tires are becoming a reality, but are they coming soon enough?
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