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A person selects tomatoes from a display of fresh vegetables at a market.

Food

Georgia market turns farmers' leftovers into fresh food for families

A park with a pond surrounded by trees and mountains in the background.

Outdoors

In Salt Lake City, Sugar House Park's pond is drained as record-low flows grip watershed

A calm lake surrounded by trees and cypress knees in the foreground.

Tech

Mississippi floodplain yields baby alligator gar, a sign the river reconnection is working

An industrial campus.

Tech

Pennsylvania county gets proposal to study data centers' air, health toll

A canal surrounded by tall grass.

Tech

Idaho shareholders vote out canal board after outcry over treated wastewater plan

A news conference promoting battery storage projects.

Tech

Maryland battery project draws backlash over fire, contamination fears

A close-up image of an electric meter displaying kilowatt-hour readings.

Business

Florida groups push utility reform as electric bills climb by $900 a year

A person describing how they live in their car.

Home

In California, a person living in their car gets hotel refuge amid heat wave

A tiny home.

Home

In Washington, a city may lift tiny-home limits as council eyes cheaper housing

The inside of a data center.

Tech

In Washington, Yakima County considers a 6-month data center moratorium over water, power fears

A person looking at an electric bill.

Business

New Jersey residents expecting a rate freeze got a one-time credit while power costs stayed high

A data center.

Business

Data center developers are offering $4.4 million an acre in Virginia, squeezing out housing