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Danish Defense shows the gas leaking at Nord Stream 2 seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark on September 27, 2022. (Danish Defence/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

What happens when an oil pipeline leaks?

Troy Farah
Men up pole working on power lines (Getty Images)

PG&E layoffs could worsen fire season

Blanca Begert - Grist
A man sits on a broken section of the Pine Island Road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Florida on October 1, 2022. (RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

Puerto Ricans fleeing to Florida

Brett Marsh - Grist
Arctic polar bear and cubs in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Getty/sarkophoto)

A hotter, wetter Arctic in the future

Kate Yoder - Grist
An exterior view of an Amazon fulfillment center. (Gabe Ginsberg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Amazon's plastic waste increased in 2021

Joseph Winters - Grist
A chemical plant of TPC Group is shrouded by smoke in Port Neches, about 150 km east of downtown Houston, Texas on Nov. 27, 2019. (Steven Song/Xinhua via Getty)

Houston's chemical contamination

David Leffler - Grist
A forest is incinerated by the Oak Fire near Midpines, northeast of Mariposa, California, on July 23, 2022. (DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images)

The year in climate change

Troy Farah
Jay Bhattacharya and Elon Musk (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Meet Elon Musk's favorite new doctor

Matthew Rozsa
Santa Claus and fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The psychedelic history of Christmas

Troy Farah
Hands using mobile app for online dating with profiles on smartphone screens (Getty Images/gmast3r)

Scientists study online dating success

Matthew Rozsa
Medical Cost (Getty Images/Rapeepong Puttakumwong)

Did Medicare Advantage plans overcharge?

Fred Schulte, Holly K. Hacker - KFF Health News
Old man looks at the sunset (Getty Images/EgudinKa)

Optimist? Your health may depend on it

Judith Graham - KFF Health News
Autumn Forest Road (Getty Images/rusm)

First Nations get conservation

Chris Arsenault - Grist
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a rally hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at Richard Montgomery High School on August 25, 2022 in Rockville, Maryland. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

States press Biden to lower drug prices

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
Baby was sick as Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in kid hospital (Getty Images/graphixchon)

A hospital bed shortage fueled by greed

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
Working oil pumps against a sunset sky (Getty Images/imaginima)

African nations tap into oil wealth

Lylla Younes - Grist
(Getty/Stuart Ritchie)

The toll of opioids in rural America

Aneri Pattani, Rae Ellen Bichell - KFF Health News
Plastic bottles and polystyrene floating in sea (Rosemary Calvert)

San Diego, L.A. ban plastic foam

Joseph Winters - Grist
Futuristic Nuclear Fusion Particles Simulation concept (iStock/Getty Images)

A breakthrough in nuclear fusion

Matthew Rozsa
Carving of a small cat at the archaeological site of Kom Ombo, Egypt | A house cat with a collar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Cat domestication follows colonization

Troy Farah
Sad cat (Getty Images/LeoCH Studio)

The ugly truth about declawing cats

Matthew Rozsa
Hepatitis C virus (Getty Images/CAVALLINI JAMES/BSIP/Universal Images Group)

Protein discovery could herald vaccine

Lisa Eshun-Wilson, Alba Torrents De La Peña - The Conversation
Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

The Medicare Advantage plan scandal

Fred Schulte, Holly K. Hacker - KFF Health News
Big farm tractor tilling dusty Springtime fields (Getty Images/JamesBrey)

Midwest soil eroding faster than ever

John McCracken - Grist
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