Puerto Rico’s shakedown, air-tight homes, and an American nuclear milestone

3 stories about energy that show the hope and challenges amid the world's hottest month ever.

Aug 02, 2023

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In a USDA photo from 2017, dairy farmer Elia Torres looks over one of her demolished facilities, destroyed by Hurricane Maria. Photo: USDA/ Preston Keres via Wikimedia Commons.

July 2023 was our planet’s hottest month since records began and, based on evidence from sediment in ancient ice, likely the hottest in 120,000 years. But few needed to hear it fr…

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