Environment

Environment October 10, 2025

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells

by Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of…

graphic of lab equipment including beakers, microscope and test tubes

Environment October 10, 2025

Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations

by Philip Steenstra, University of Michigan; Rachel O’Brien, University of Michigan, and Stuart Batterman, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When fire erupted…

Environment September 30, 2025

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

by Elizabeth Blum, Troy University and Chris Sellers, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As Congress faces…

Environment September 26, 2025

Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people

by Li Li (李黎), Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering asphalt and…

Environment September 16, 2025

Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed

by Sarah J. Morath, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Microplastics seem to be everywhere – in the air we breathe, the water…

My 2023 Chevy Bolt 1LT EV (electric vehicle)

Environment September 9, 2025

Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the road to clean electricity, too

by Jeremy J. Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022, it was the largest…

Environment September 3, 2025

Where America’s CO2 emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts

by Kenneth J. Davis, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Earth’s atmosphere contains carbon dioxide, which is good for life on Earth – in…

Environment September 2, 2025

How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the environment and other hikers

by Shari Edelson, Penn State and B. Derrick Taff, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who…

Drawing of houses and water with hurricanes winds

Environment August 27, 2025

Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years later

by Eric Kevin Stern, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of…

A drawing of Earth with a red thermometer representing climate change

Environment August 21, 2025

Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt

by Alton C. Byers, University of Colorado Boulder and Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Each summer in the mountains above Juneau,…

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