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Destroying ‘Forever Chemicals’ is a Technological Race that Could Become a Multibillion-dollar Industry

Researchers and companies across the country are eager to find a way to destroy harmful PFAS chemicals as regulation tightens and producers face a mountain of lawsuits.

By Chloe Johnson, Star Tribune

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is testing out a new technology, inside this trailer, which could destroy harmful PFAS chemicals that have been removed from groundwater. Credit: Shari L. Gross, Star Tribune

Forecasters Tap High-Tech Tools as US Warns of Another Unusually Active Hurricane Season

By James Bruggers

Inside Clean Energy: In the New World of Long-Duration Battery Storage, an Old Technology Holds Its Own

By Dan Gearino

Inside Clean Energy: How Should We Account for Emerging Technologies in the Push for Net-Zero?

By Dan Gearino

Warming Trends: Climate Clues Deep in the Ocean, Robotic Bee Hives and Greenland’s Big Melt

By Katelyn Weisbrod, Bob Berwyn

Is the Controlled Shrinking of Economies a Better Bet to Slow Climate Change Than Unproven Technologies?

By Bob Berwyn

Biochar Traps Water and Fixes Carbon in Soil, Helping the Climate. But It’s Expensive

By Jonathan Moens

Warming Trends: A Hidden Crisis, a VR Forest You Can Visit, a New Trick for Atmospheric Rivers

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Inside Clean Energy: Google Ups the Ante With a 24/7 Carbon-Free Pledge. What Does That Mean?

By Dan Gearino

Extinction Rebellion, Greenpeace Campaign for a Breakup Between Big Tech and Big Oil

By Ilana Cohen

Video: A Climate Change ‘Hackathon’ Takes Aim at New York’s Buildings

By Anna Belle Peevey

Estimated price of Windlock protection, from low (blue) to high (red)

Protection from Financial Loss of Windless Days

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

New Apps for Solar Installers All the Rage

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

Reno Offers Comparison Shopping for Home Turbines

By Maria Gallucci

Google Powers Up Its 'Earth Engine' with Eye on Saving the Amazon

By Amy Westervelt

Talk of Sustainability Was Everywhere at Consumer Electronics Show

By Leslie Berliant

Google, Cisco Offer Answers to REDD's Verification Question

By Johanna Peace

City Smarts: Tech Giants Cut Through Those Frustrating Municipal Inefficiencies

By Amy Westervelt

By Cell Phone, Scientists Assist African Farmers Facing Effects of Climate Change

By Jeanne Roberts

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