Environment

Energy January 23, 2026

Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon

by Saman Zonouz, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The darkness that swept over the Venezuelan capital in the predawn hours of…

drawing of oil drilling and processing machinery

Energy January 14, 2026

Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won’t mean much for US energy prices

by Amy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the wake of U.S. forces’ arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás…

Energy December 18, 2025

Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power

by Barbara Kates-Garnick, Tufts University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Everyone – politicians and the public – is talking about energy costs. In particular, they’re…

Energy November 18, 2025

Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?

by Jay Gulledge, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] You might not know it from the headlines, but there…

Energy November 17, 2025

Supply-chain delays, rising equipment prices threaten electricity grid

by Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines and Kyri Baker, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Two new data centers in Silicon…

Drawing of various poisonous, flammable, or otherwise hazardous waste items surrounding disposal barrels

Recycling October 2, 2025

Keep Cobb Beautiful to hold annual Annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Event

Keep Cobb Beautiful is holding its annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Event on Saturday, October 18, 2025 9:00 am – 1:00 pm at Jim Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road SW,…

A partially sunlit moon taken toward the moon's north pole

Energy August 15, 2025

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

by Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing…

Environment July 30, 2025

One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires

by Boluwatife S. Olubusoye, University of Mississippi and James V Cizdziel, University of Mississippi, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every few years, the tires on…

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Environment May 7, 2025

How the US can mine its own critical minerals − without digging new holes

by Yuanzhi Tang, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott McWhorter, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Every time you use your phone,…

Graphic of wildfire flames spreading through trees

Environment May 2, 2025

Burn ban in effect for Cobb and 53 other Georgia counties

By Mark Woolsey The annual air-pollution-fighting outdoor burn ban has gone into effect in Cobb and 53 other Georgia counties. To see if your county is included in the ban,…

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History June 15, 2026