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The skyline of the Chinese city Shanghai will not be lit up for two nights. It's part of a string of measures nationwide as China deals with power shortages caused by its worst heat wave on record.

President Biden has signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law. We take a look at the viability of the law's provision concerning capturing carbon emissions.

The Western drought and shrinking Colorado River basin threaten operations at the region's coal plants. With a looming risk of blackouts, it's unclear who is overseeing this threat on the ground.

California will ban sales of new gas-powered cars in 2035. Is the grid ready? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Margo Oge, former director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality at the EPA.

More than 150,000 people are without clean water. For years, aging infrastructure and a lack of investment left residents dealing with unreliable access and worries about the safety of the water.

President Biden warns that there are threats to American democracy taking shape at the state level. NPR's Michel Martin discusses how and why with political scientist Jacob Grumbach.

NASA's Apollo missions already sent astronauts to the moon from 1969 to 1972. But scientists say there's still lots of good science to do there. The moon also could be an ideal stepping stone to Mars.

Heat waves, drought, massive storms. The bad news just keeps coming and there's no denying these issues are anxiety-provoking. If you feel that way, you're not alone.

Sarah Cameron Sunde brings her tidal cycle performance to New York City to cap off a nine-year global tour to spread awareness of sea level rise.

Federal environmental officials and General Electric announce a deal for the long-delayed cleanup of the Hudson River. GE dumped more than a million pounds of PCBs into the river before the federal government banned the substance in 1977. Andrea Bernstein of member station WNYC reports.