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Israeli company BaroMar is preparing to test a clever new angle on grid-level energy storage, which it says will be the cheapest way to stabilize renewable grids over longer time scales. This innovative system lets water do the work.

If billionaires actually cared about saving the planet, they’d pool their vast wealth and buy everyone a heat pump. But it’s not funding, or the technology itself, that’s preventing a full heat pump takeover.

Wildlife officials said after more than three weeks of care at Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, the sawfish — brought in after first-of-its kind rescue — was euthanized as its condition deteriorated.

An Endangered River

Back in 2010, environmentalists worried oil from the BP Deep Horizon disaster could impact the bay. Those concerns led to overharvesting that damaged the oyster reefs, a major source of income for many in the area.

The Apalachicola River and Bay have taken several other hits—from major storms, to a “water war” between Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. A combination of drought and over-drawing of water from upriver, has often left too little water flowing into the bay.

“The water should be flowing down here," Florida's former Governor and current U.S. Senator Rick Scott said in 2013. "It’s impacting the Apalachicola Bay area, so it's impacting us a lot."

Too little water flowing into the bay increased the salinity, which invites predators into the area and further threatens the oyster habitat.

PLYMOUTH – Ongoing evaporation at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has drawn the attention of state lawmakers, who are calling on Holtec International to answer questions laid out in a letter by…

The federal government is proposing eight areas in the Gulf of Maine as possible sites for commercial offshore wind farms — six of which are located off Massachusetts. The proposed lease areas cover about 1 million acres and have the potential to generate 15 gigawatts of energy, enough to power five million homes.

This remarkable project promises to open up zero-carbon energy storage to a broad range of areas without huge hills, delivering 2.5 times the power of water-based hydro. A pilot plant has been greenlit, with full-size, grid-scale projects to follow.

Hydrostor, a leader in compressed air energy storage, aims to break ground on its first large-scale plant in New South Wales by the end of this year. It plans to follow that with an even bigger facility in California.

Two years ago, sodium-ion battery pioneer Natron Energy was busy preparing its specially formulated sodium batteries for mass production. The company slipped a little past its 2023 kickoff plans, but it didn't fall too far behind as far as mass battery production goes. It officially commenced…

An open letter to Floridians about a parasite in monarch butterflies has become controversial as some researchers suggest removing milkweed entirely will prevent the spread; others suggest that people should plant more.

New research shows that mussels from several East Coast locations, though not yet Massachusetts, have shells speckled with tiny holes — far more than the mussels of yesteryear. 

The Stripe-backed fund placed its biggest CO2-removal order yet with the 7-month-old startup, which injects waste biomass “slurry” deep underground.

It's a popular rest stop for sea lions, but the docks at the tourist hot spot these days are unusually packed out with the slippery residents. Conservationists are buoyed by the surge in visitors.

Florida may be “ground zero” for climate change, but some environmentalists see the DeSantis administration’s rejection of the money as a partisan move.

The battle for 6GHz spectrum intensifies as the COAI asks the DoT to ban the sale of WiFi-6E routers.

Charles "Stormy" Mayo, an expert on right whales and helped develop techniques for disentangling whales from fishing gear, is retiring from the Center for Coastal Studies this year. He spoke with WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins about his work and the future for marine life in a warming world.

Plugging in our phones at night and monitoring their percentage throughout the day is a fixture of modern life, and the push toward electric cars stands to create even more charging anxiety. But battery materials company Group14 has developed a silicon material that could make these obsessive habits something to laugh about in the future.

If you follow battery technology, you may roll your eyes at another headline about a "revolutionary" new formula, and to be fair, Group14 makes some familiar claims. All of them say they have a "breakthrough" that will help batteries hold two times the amount of energy—an EV with a 300-mile range would have 600; your phone battery could last multiple days—and charge in minutes.

About a fifth of America’s petrochemical production is concentrated on a stretch of land along the Mississippi River in southeastern Louisiana. That production comes with serious risks. The area has been known as ‘Cancer Alley’ because of the high rates of cancer among people who live nearby. A new study now shows how those risks may fall on the next generation as well. William Brangham reports.

“Nearly nineteen thousand (19,000) weather stations have notched record high temperatures since Jan. 1.” (Source: Earth’s Record Hot Streak Might be a

Dubai already boasts the world's tallest skyscraper, with the world's tallest residential tower on the way too. Now local firm Urb envisions transforming its shores with the world's largest coastal regeneration project. The ambitious development would involve planting over 100 million mangrove…

ADVISORY: We’re extending the small vessel speed restriction for Cape Cod Bay through May 15. To help protect endangered North Atlantic #RightWhales, small vessels are required to travel at speeds …

Mangroves, once axed for development, are expanding across Florida due to climate change. Will Floridians learn to live with the iconic coastal tree?