Rooftop solar saved New England residents over $130M in electricity costs during recent heat wave
On July 2 alone, the report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million, and solar contributed more power to the grid than the region’s nuclear fleet that afternoon.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul established the nation’s first statewide moratorium on new AI data centers
The goal in this time, her office reports, is to build a regulatory framework designed to “protect ratepayers, the environment, the energy grid, and communities across the state.”
Australian fishermen saved a 220-pound loggerhead sea turtle from strangling in ropes
The ropes were connected to barnacle-covered buoys, and it was unclear how long the sea turtle had been struggling in the abandoned fishing gear, also known as “ghost gear.”
A food mobile in Ohio is providing free meals to hundreds of kids who would otherwise go without over the summer
The shelf-stable meals include five days' worth of breakfasts, dinners, milk, and snacks. The mobile routes also offer fruit bags with apples and oranges this summer.
Three women saved the country’s climate data after the Trump administration took it offline
After losing their jobs at NOAA, Rebecca Lindsey, her sister, and another colleague teamed up to rebuild a critical climate change information website.
A visual artist’s latest work protests offshore drilling on the same Greek isle that inspired ‘The Odyssey’
Today, as Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” reaches international acclaim, the same shores that inspired it are being studied for potential oil drilling by companies like Chevron and ExxonMobil.