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"In a quiet patch of forest in Nova Scotia, a company is building a machine designed to help slow global warming by transforming Earth’s rivers and oceans into giant sponges that absorb carbon dioxide from the air."
"The owner of the shuttered Pennsylvania plant plans to bring it online by 2028, with the tech giant buying all the power it produces."
"Researchers have found several promising ways to thwart the fungus, which causes the deadly white-nose syndrome in bats."
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"We toured a facility in Northern Virginia to see how it works and to understand why water use and energy consumption are such a concern."
"From Florida to Oregon, utilities are racing to meet a surge in demand from power-hungry AI data centers, manufacturing facilities and electric vehicles."
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