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Homeowners with solar panels share candid advice with cautious shopper: 'My electricity bill went to $8/month'

Solar installations are on the rise as temperatures and electricity prices soar. Redditors explain how they decided to make ...
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Meta's construction of enormous data center drives fear of skyrocketing power bills: 'It's not something that we asked to be put here'

Meta, the eighth-largest company in the world, is building an artificial intelligence data center in Richland Parish, ...
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Trail cameras capture unbelievable birth on remote island: 'This is a huge milestone'

Conservationists were thrilled to discover their kiwi repopulation efforts were bearing fruit on a remote island off the ...
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Researchers expose over 20 sites of illegal operations: 'It only destroys'

Rare earth mining is illegal in Laos, yet weak oversight and limited civic space have enabled the opening of at least 27 rare ...
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Officials and residents voice robust support for new advanced nuclear power plant: 'Watershed moment'

Officials in Emporia, Kansas, have voiced strong support for a proposal to build a Natrium advanced nuclear power plant in ...
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Hotel faces backlash after guest exposes shocking 'ocean view' reality: 'No mention of this during booking'

Styrofoam is a brand name for a form of polystyrene. It's mostly used for insulation in construction and piping systems and ...
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Scientists make disturbing discovery in blood samples: 'Gives us a glimpse into the past'

Researchers found high levels of ultrashort-chain PFAS in blood samples taken from Wilmington's residents between 2010 and ...
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Resident frustrated by neighbor's reckless habit: 'I cannot understand why'

One Redditor is asking for help with their neighbor's idling truck, which is emitting a toxic cloud of exhaust fumes.
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Experts raise concerns over unpredictable winter weather in US region: 'Residents need to prepare now'

Officials in Maryland are preparing for just about everything that Mother Nature might throw at them as the winter months ...
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Community at odds over government's proposal to build ominous underground facility: 'Nobody showed up and asked about our concerns'

A proposal to build an underground storage site for high-level nuclear waste is dividing the small Japanese fishing town of ...
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Local resident issues PSA after making disturbing discovery along major waterway: 'I hate them'

One Alabama resident shared a troubling look at how the Chinese Tallow Tree is rapidly spreading along the Tombigbee River.
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Scientists make disturbing discovery buried deep below Earth's surface: 'We don't yet know what consequences it has'

The results were staggering. Each type of microplastic altered the water flow through all soil types in varying ways. The ...