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A quarry.

Home

Georgia residents rally against rock quarries over silica dust, wells, and home value fears

A water pump for groundwater extraction.

Tech

Rhode Island residents demand answers after PFAS found in wells near fire station

A lamb in the back seat of a conservation officer's vehicle.

Outdoors

Lost lamb rescued from British Columbia wildfire gets a back-seat ride to safety

Houses with solar panels in a suburban neighborhood.

Home

Texas city launches group-buy solar program to help homeowners shop for rooftop savings

Children playing with toys.

Business

Texas votes to cut child care scholarships by 9.5%, costing 14,000 seats

Jumping worms in a petri dish on soil.

Tech

Minnesota warns of invasive jumping worms that thrash like snakes, destroy soil

A yellow-footed tortoise at a rehabilitation center.

Tech

In Ecuador, a newly reopened wildlife rehab gets its first patient: an endangered tortoise

Owls in a nest box.

Outdoors

Estonia nest box delivers a rare win for Ural owls, with a breeding pair raising 3 chicks

A bull moose with a mouthful of pondweed.

Outdoors

Video shows Alaska bull moose carrying a mouthful of pondweed through summer wetlands

A digital camera from the 1990s shown next to a black-and-white picture from that camera.

Tech

Thrifted camera in Arizona reveals lost family photos, and starts a search to return them

An aerial view of a suburban neighborhood with houses, trees, and a pond.

Business

Repeated outages spur Texas complaint as small businesses, schools, and clinics face summer heat

A Valero refinery with large storage tanks and industrial structures behind a fenced area.

Business

Texas measure would raise drought water rates up to 280% for major industrial users