This Federal Report Underestim...

Apr 19, 2015 by

This Federal Report Underestimates Renewables Every Year, And Energy Experts Have Had Enough

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS The federal Energy Information Administration expects utility-scale solar to drop off...

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American Companies Are Shippin...

Apr 16, 2015 by

American Companies Are Shipping Millions Of Trees To Europe, And It’s A Renewable Energy Nightmare

[Translate] AP/Winfried Rothermel by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS In late March, a loosely affiliated coalition of southerners...

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Investors Chip In as Renewable...

Apr 13, 2015 by

Investors Chip In as Renewables Rise Toward Record Level

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Power towers at a solar electricity facility in...

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Beneath the tar sands is even ...

Apr 13, 2015 by

Beneath the tar sands is even dirtier oil, and industry is salivating over it

[Translate] Shutterstock Tar Sands 2.0 By Nika Knight GRIST The price of crude oil has slumped to its lowest point in six years, and...

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In The Midst Of Toxic Oil Spil...

Apr 11, 2015 by

In The Midst Of Toxic Oil Spill, Vancouver Announces It Will Go 100 Percent Renewable

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling CLIMATE PROGRESS Vancouver, B.C., a land of confused environmental news. CREDIT: Shutterstock There’s...

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L.A. just called. It says go f...

Apr 9, 2015 by

L.A. just called. It says go find another dystopia.

[Translate] Mulling it Over By Heather Smith GRIST In 10 years, Los Angeles plans to reduce per capita water use by 22.5 percent. It...

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Spain Got 47 Percent Of Its El...

Apr 2, 2015 by

Spain Got 47 Percent Of Its Electricity From Renewables In March

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS People visit the Santa Coloma de Gramenet cemetery, outside Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov....

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Turns out the world’s first “c...

Mar 31, 2015 by

Turns out the world’s first “clean coal” plant is a backdoor subsidy to oil producers

[Translate] SaskPower CCS By David Roberts GRIST The world’s first “clean coal” plant — that is, the first full-size coal-fired power...

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This Texas town will get all o...

Mar 30, 2015 by

This Texas town will get all of its energy from solar and wind

[Translate] Mike Blyth By Tom Dart  GRIST This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the...

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A way to get power to the worl...

Mar 29, 2015 by

A way to get power to the world’s poor without making climate change worse

[Translate] DIVatUSAID By David Roberts  GRIST Back on October, I did a couple of posts — one, two — on the Scylla and Charybdis of...

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Solar panel owners and utiliti...

Mar 29, 2015 by

[Translate] David Crummey By Tim McDonnell  grist This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Solar...

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Costa Rica Has Gotten All Of I...

Mar 24, 2015 by

Costa Rica Has Gotten All Of Its Electricity From Renewables For 75 Days Straight

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock Costa Rica got 100 percent of its electricity from renewables...

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4 reasons why the Supreme Cour...

Mar 24, 2015 by

4 reasons why the Supreme Court’s mercury case is worth watching

[Translate] Shutterstock By Tom Donnelly GRIST This week, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Michigan v. EPA, an important...

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France Says New Roofs Must Be ...

Mar 20, 2015 by

France Says New Roofs Must Be Covered In Plants Or Solar Panels

[Translate] by Ari PhillipsCLIMATEL PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock The sky’s the limit under France’s new green rooftop law. According...

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Utility Company To Buy Coal Pl...

Mar 18, 2015 by

Utility Company To Buy Coal Plant Just To Shut It Down

[Translate] CLIMATE PROGRESS by Katie Valentine This June 27, 2013 file photo shows Duke Energy’s Crystal River nuclear power plant...

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We could put utility-scale sol...

Mar 17, 2015 by

We could put utility-scale solar plants in our cities

[Translate] J R By Bobby Magill GRIST Cross-posted from Climate Central There is a scene in Gattaca when Ethan Hawke and Uma...

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Solar War in the Sunshine Stat...

Mar 10, 2015 by

Solar War in the Sunshine State

[Translate] Kate Sheppard Huffington post Conservative Groups Battle Over Solar In Florida WASHINGTON — A Florida effort to...

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America is literally on fire: ...

Mar 10, 2015 by

America is literally on fire: How out-of-control oil spills are destroying our population centers

[Translate] Disasters are raging with such force and regularity that firefighters have to give up. Welcome to the new reality David...

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The GOP’s king corn problem

Mar 9, 2015 by

The GOP’s king corn problem

[Translate] Shutterstock By Donald Carr GRIST Republican politics — especially the presidential primary — have become a contest of...

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The First Solar-Powered Flight...

Mar 9, 2015 by

The First Solar-Powered Flight Around The World Just Took Off

[Translate]   by Ari Phillips  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Courtesy of Solar Impulse© On Monday in Abu Dhabi, diagnosis two Swiss...

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New York’s new solar plan sets...

Mar 8, 2015 by

New York’s new solar plan sets a high bar

[Translate] Nick Normal By Tim McDonnell GRIST This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. New York...

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Crime In North Dakota’s Oil Bo...

Mar 8, 2015 by

Crime In North Dakota’s Oil Boom Towns Is So Bad That The FBI Is Stepping In

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS Workers tend to oil pump jacks behind a natural gas flare, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014,...

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To Drill or Not to Drill, That...

Mar 4, 2015 by

To Drill or Not to Drill, That Is the Question

[Translate] By Subhankar Banerjee, TomDispatch  VIA TRUTHDIG (NASA Goddard Photo and Video (CC BY 2.0)) This piece first appeared at...

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TransCanada Is Seizing People’...

Mar 2, 2015 by

TransCanada Is Seizing People’s Land To Build Keystone, But Conservatives Have Been Dead Silent

[Translate] by Josh Israel & Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS For Julia Trigg Crawford, watching TransCanada construct the...

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California communities seize c...

Feb 28, 2015 by

California communities seize control of their energy futures

[Translate] Shutterstock CCA, OMG By David Roberts  GRIST An energy revolution is breaking out in California and a few other states,...

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White House Proposes First-Eve...

Feb 27, 2015 by

White House Proposes First-Ever Rules For Oil Drilling In The Arctic

[Translate] by Emily Atkin  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock The Obama administration has proposed the first-ever safety...

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Google Wants To Help You Buy S...

Feb 27, 2015 by

Google Wants To Help You Buy Solar Panels For Your House. Seriously.

[Translate] by Ryan Koronowski CLIMATE PROGRESS Solar City employees install a solar panel on a home in south Denver. CREDIT: AP...

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TESLA CO-FOUNDER WANTS TO RE-I...

Feb 26, 2015 by

TESLA CO-FOUNDER WANTS TO RE-INVENT THE …….. GARBAGE TRUCK?

[Translate] Brian Indrelunas By Liz Core  GRIST A co-founder of Tesla wants to clean up our roadways by electrifying big ol’...

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Obama Just Vetoed The Keystone...

Feb 25, 2015 by

Obama Just Vetoed The Keystone XL Pipeline. NOW WHAT?

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS Dozens of demonstrators rally in support of Obama’s pledge to veto any legislation...

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Jordan’s 6,000 Mosques Will So...

Feb 25, 2015 by

Jordan’s 6,000 Mosques Will Soon All Have Rooftop Solar

[Translate]   by Ari PhillipsCLIMATE PROGRESS The Abu Darweesh Mosque in Amman, view Jordan. CREDIT: Wikimedia Commons/David...

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