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Another Blowout Adds to Mystery of Permian Basin Water Pressure
In recent years, Schuyler Wight has noticed a growing number of abandoned oil wells coming back to life, gurgling fluids to the surface of his West Texas ranch. Last week he found the biggest one yet. Gassy water was gushing from the ground and down a quarter mile of roadway...
Glaciers in Peru’s Central Andes Might Be Gone by 2050s, Study Says
In a village in Checacupe, in the southern region of Cusco in the Peruvian Andes, there used to be a ceremony to prepare a glacier lagoon to gather water, said Richart Aybar Quispe Soto, a local hospital worker. It was a ritual that revered the apus, the spirits of the mountains and water, he said.
Where the Water Doesn’t Flow: Thousands Across Alabama Live Without Access to Public Water
MARION COUNTY, Ala.— As often as they can, Michael and Mindy McClung get outside and walk along the quiet roads of their neighborhood. Both educators—Michael at a community college and Mindy at a high school—they talk as they walk. As he often does, Michael soon circles back to Cormac McCarthy, his favorite author. Mindy smiles.
Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave, Researchers Step Up Warnings About Risks Extreme Temperatures Pose to Children
As a mother of two and a physician who specializes in working with newborns, Mattie Wolf understands that it can be tempting for parents to look upon their children and regard them as a “mini-me.”. But when it comes to high summer temperatures, Wolf cautions, that may be one...
Louisville, Kentucky, Moves Toward Cleaning Up Its ‘Gully of the Drums’ After More Than Four Decades
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—City officials are taking their first public step toward cleaning up hazardous waste in a popular park after a local graduate student last year called out a 45-year comedy of errors by federal, state and local agencies that allowed the dumped drums and chemicals to escape remediation. Louisville...
The International System That Pits Foreign Investors Against Indigenous Communities
In the early 2000s, the Peruvian government granted a Canadian silver mining company a license to begin exploratory operations in Indigenous Aymara territories. The project divided communities, with some worrying about potentially devastating impacts on the ecosystems they relied on for sustenance and with which their culture was entwined. While...
Human-Made Noise Is Harming Ocean Life. Climate Change Could Make it Worse
In the early days of the pandemic, shipping activity around the world plummeted, casting an eerie quiet over once-bustling ports and ocean highways. However, an entirely different scene was playing out under water. Baleen whales bellowed intricate songs, dolphins clicked back and forth and bigeye fish popped and pulsed—all heard more clearly due to the rare calmness above, according to a global network of researchers that study ocean acoustics.
UN Secretary-General Calls for Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising, Says Next 18 Months Are Critical for Climate Action
NEW YORK — At a special address on climate action on Wednesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for the world’s governments, news media and tech companies to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies in light of the industry’s continued greenwashing of its role in perpetuating the climate crisis.
Solar Panel Prices Are Low Again. Here’s Who’s Winning and Losing
For decades, one of the near-constants in the shift to renewable energy was that solar panel prices were decreasing. This downward curve hit a bump in 2020. Global prices began to rise, largely due to supply disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time, analysts said the price increases...
Texas Droughts Are Getting Much More Expensive
The financial costs of drought in Texas have risen rapidly over recent decades, according to a new analysis of federal crop insurance data. The Washington-based nonprofit Environmental Working Group, a longtime critic of the federal crop insurance program, analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and showed that drought accounts for more crop insurance payouts than any other weather phenomenon and that Texas draws more crop insurance payouts than any other state.
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