Nearly three years ago, Vermont passed a landmark law that aimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by shifting residents away from using fossil fuels to heat their homes and businesses.…
Year: 2026
Oregon pushes new homes to install heat pumps over ACs
Oregon has made heat pumps the default appliance for cooling new homes. Last month, the state Building Code Division’s Residential and Manufactured Structures Board voted 7–1 to adopt energy-efficiency standards…
An oil company quietly dug a surprisingly deep geothermal well
This story was originally published by Colorado Public Radio . Sign up for CPR’s weekly climate newsletter . Last spring, Occidental Petroleum, an oil and gas company better known as…
Greenpeace Tuna Report 2026
DOWNLOAD REPORT A new investigative report released by Greenpeace Southeast Asia, in collaboration with the Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, has uncovered disturbing links between suspected…
Weight-Loss Drugs Could Prevent and Treat Addiction, New Research Shows
The list of health conditions that benefit from the GLP-1 weight loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, continues to grow. The drugs are already approved to…
Addressing Sleep Issues Early Could Have A Huge Health Benefit
Sometimes, sleep can feel like a bit of a nuisance—it’s often the first thing people give up when there isn’t enough time in the day. But growing evidence suggests that…
How to Approach Someone You Think May Have an Eating Disorder
When Marina Zhukova was 17 and studying abroad in Germany, her host mother pulled her aside during a welcome dinner and asked a startling question: “Are you struggling with anorexia?”…
Rosemary Glos | Trapped, Poked, and Poisoned: Evidence for Defence Synergisms in a Desert Plant
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, Rosemary Glos (she/her, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mi, USA) discusses her research article ‘Separate and Synergistic Anti-Herbivore Effects of Non-Glandular Trichomes and…
What to Know About Daylight Saving Time as Another Clock Change Looms
It’s almost that time of year again. Starting in just a few days, the sun will appear to rise later in the morning and set later in the evening in…
How states are trying to keep AI data centers off your power bill
Essentially everyone agrees : Americans shouldn’t pay higher electric bills to feed AI data centers’ insatiable demand for power. But what will it actually take to prevent cost spikes? Lots…