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![The high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam]()
![The high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam]()
The West’s biggest source of renewable energy depends on water. Will it survive the drought?
Glen Canyon and the Hoover Dam are “not the whole story.”
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![Illustration: A Black man in tattered clothes sits atop a tree in the middle of a small island. A black bird sits next to him and an unrealistically large purple snake with yellow eyes encircles the tree.]()
![Illustration: A Black man in tattered clothes sits atop a tree in the middle of a small island. A black bird sits next to him and an unrealistically large purple snake with yellow eyes encircles the tree.]()
The Lexicographer and One Tree Island
After an “oceanic rapture,” a lone survivor adapts to his new reality in ways both mental and physical.
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Flood. Retreat. Repeat.
As seas rise and storms become more intense, some 40 million Americans living in floodplains are facing greater risk of disaster. Local, state, and federal officials are increasingly looking at managed retreat, or buyouts, as a way to get people out of harm’s way. In this series, Grist profiles three communities at various stages of the buyout process, examining what happens when you ask – or sometimes force – people to leave their homes. What gets lost and who gets left behind?
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Overdue reform or underhanded deal? Here’s what’s in Manchin’s permitting bill.
The bill drew criticism from both sides of the aisle, but it's unclear how it would affect U.S. emissions.
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The Senate just approved an international climate treaty, with bipartisan support
The Kigali Amendment sets a timeline for the world to phase down the use of powerful greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons.
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In Oregon, farmers are revamping century-old irrigation canals to stem water loss
Converting irrigation ditches into pipelines can save water — and create a new source of renewable energy.
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Inside a growing movement to turn the lionfish menace into a main course
Florida is home to an effort to make the predatory lionfish a sustainable alternative to snapper, sea bass, and other popular fish.
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These red states don’t want climate targets — but they do want green jobs
How Georgia and other Republican-led states are trying to benefit from the clean manufacturing boom.
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A new low-tech technique can take the ‘forever’ out of forever chemicals
The toxic pollutants, also known as PFAS, are everywhere on the planet.
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Will the Inflation Reduction Act jumpstart carbon capture?
The new climate law makes tax credits for the controversial tech more lucrative and easier to access.
