In the race to build America’s first small modular reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy has picked its front-runners. On Tuesday, the agency awarded a total of $800 million in…
Year: 2025
A New CDC Recommendation Could Mean a Big Change for Childhood Vaccines
A committee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tasked with advising the country on vaccines voted to remove a decades-long recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine…
First utility-owned geothermal network to double in size with DOE funds
This story was first published by Inside Climate News . The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating…
Delayed heating assistance kicks off a winter of energy challenges
This analysis and news roundup come from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. The longest-ever government shutdown has ended, but its impacts on everyday…
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase, after having declined for 25 years. The new estimate comes from models created…
Mark Wong: Bonsaiing mangroves to uncover how traits shape – and flip – ant competition
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Mark Wong, a Forrest Fellow at the University of Western Australia, discusses his new article ‘Functional trait dissimilarity drives arboreal ant community…
Tips for a successful adoption
Dogs are exceptional animals, and their ability and desire to form deep and loving bonds with humans is extraordinary. By adopting, you are truly giving your dog an amazing gift…
I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True
One hundred days ago, near the end of August, I left my position as chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) alongside two colleagues. We…
Georgia hashes out plan to let data centers build their own clean energy
Big companies have spent years pushing Georgia to let them find and pay for new clean energy to add to the grid, in the hopes that they could then get…
Chart: Hungary is leading the world in solar adoption
See more from Canary Media’s “Chart of the week” column . If you had to guess which country gets the largest share of its electricity from solar, you might understandably…