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Cuba's Energas joint venture turns associated gas from oil wells into the country's cheapest electricity, benefiting over a million people.

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As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.

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It seems like every day a new study finds tiny plastic particles called microplastics where they should not be: in our bodies ...

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