‘Eelevator’ project helps eels survive journey through New York waters
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Prelude to global extinction: Human impact on Earth’s animals
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Is activism or moderation the surest path to decarbonization?
Earlier this week I attended the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Conference. The focus of the conference was understanding and quantifying the current...
Trump administration’s regulatory rollback playing out at Indiana coal plant.
An Indiana utility will delay its plan to install top-of-the-line wastewater pollution controls at its largest coal plant as the U.S. EPA reconsiders the...
Big cuts ahead for energy innovation programs.
By Dan Boyce
July 10, 2017 | 9:45 AM
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Aaron Palumbo looks into a furnace he helped develop in a lab on...
Coal no longer fuels America. But the legacy — and the myth — remain.
By Karen Heller,
MADISON, W.VA. — Michael S. Williamson The Washington Post
Boone County claims to be the birthplace of America’s coal industry, the rich and...
While corals die along the Great Barrier Reef, humans struggle to adjust.
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A fresh view on volcanic plumbing systems
Volcanic eruptions such as Mount St. Helens' in 1980 show the explosiveness of magma moving through the Earth's crust. Now geologists are excited about...
In the fast lane: Conductive electrodes are key to fast-charging batteries
Can you imagine fully charging your cell phone in just a few seconds? Researchers can, and they took a big step toward making it...
Big, shape-shifting animals from the dawn of time
Major changes in the chemical composition of the world's oceans enabled the first large organisms -- possibly some of the earliest animals -- to...
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