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New Orleans just logged its heaviest Mardi Gras trash haul on record, and the easy explanation about bigger crowds collapses the moment you look at what's actually in the pile

New Orleans just logged its heaviest Mardi Gras trash haul on record, and the easy explanation about bigger crowds collapses the moment you look at what's actually in the pile

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Nonprofit hospitals are quietly turning uninsured patients away from the charity care they're legally required to offer — and the billing departments are getting to collections before anyone mentions the program exists

Nonprofit hospitals face scrutiny over charity care and medical debt

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Roughly 4.6 million Americans live within a half-mile of an abandoned oil well leaking methane into their air and water — and a tiny Montana nonprofit is doing the cleanup the industry walked away from

Roughly 4.6 million Americans live within a half-mile of an abandoned oil well leaking methane into their air and water — and a tiny Montana nonprofit is doing the cleanup the industry walked away from

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Rochester biologists just transplanted a naked mole rat gene into mice and extended their lifespan — and the 4.4% number matters far less than what the method actually proves

Rochester biologists just transplanted a naked mole rat gene into mice and extended their lifespan — and the 4.4% number matters far less than what the method actually proves

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

The Colorado River is about to break a 103-year-old legal compact and Corpus Christi could run dry next year — and the water isn't going where the headlines say it is

The Colorado River is about to break a 103-year-old legal compact and Corpus Christi could run dry next year — and the water isn't going where the headlines say it is

May 11, 2026 Lachlan Brown

A Hong Kong lab just made a stainless steel that shouldn't exist according to corrosion textbooks — and it could quietly cut green hydrogen's biggest hidden cost by 40 times

A Hong Kong lab made a stainless steel that shouldn't exist according to corrosion textbooks — and it could quietly cut green hydrogen's biggest hidden cost by 40 times

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Georgia's Plant Vogtle just became the most expensive power project in US history at $36.8 billion — and the part shaping the nuclear revival nobody's discussing is who actually paid for it

Georgia's Plant Vogtle just became the most expensive power project in US history at $36.8 billion — and the part shaping the nuclear revival nobody's discussing is who actually paid for it

May 11, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

The IRS just handed Cheniere $370 million for burning gas its ships were going to burn anyway

The IRS just handed Cheniere $370 million for burning gas its ships were going to burn anyway

May 10, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Tonga's eruption revealed a natural methane scrubber hiding in the stratosphere

Tonga's eruption revealed a natural methane scrubber hiding in the stratosphere

May 10, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

Supreme Court weighs whether EPA labels shield Bayer from Roundup cancer lawsuits

Supreme Court weighs whether EPA labels shield Bayer from Roundup cancer lawsuits

May 9, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team

US Army opens bidding for plant-based combat rations, targets 2027 MRE rollout

US Army seeks partners for plant-based combat rations as vegan MRE rollout moves toward 2027

May 9, 2026 VegOut Editorial Team