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The power plant of the future could run on nuclear waste
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Global Financial Giants Swear Off Funding an Especially Dirty Fuel
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From firewood to solar-powered electricity, the resources we use to power our homes have drastically changed over the past 150 years and continue to evolve today.
read moreInto The Raging Sea
With waters rising around them, Pacific Islanders are marrying Space Age technology with ancestral wisdom.
read moreTo Fight Climate Change, One C...
Seeking to do their part to avert climate change, dozens of cities are exploring ways to limit natural gas heating in new homes. One city may also require existing homeowners to make a switch.
read moreOur Cherished Rivers Are Under...
Permanent protections for free-flowing rivers need to be a centerpiece of every country’s national climate action plan. Chile can lead the way.
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This month’s Ask a Scientist column takes a look at how the revolution in energy storage technology has the potential to wean the United States off fossil fuel-powered electricity and—if implemented correctly—lower residential electric bills, strengthen resilience to power outages, and clean up the air in communities where dirty power plants are located.
read moreGlobal Carbon Emissions Will H...
Global carbon emissions will hit a record high once again in 2019, despite climate scientists warning louder than ever of impending environmental disaster, according to a study published Wednesday.
read moreCoal Knew, Too
A newly unearthed journal from 1966 shows the coal industry was long aware of the threat of climate change.
read moreThis Pipeline Cuts Across a Re...
They could face fines of $10,000 and up to six years in jail.
read moreThe world’s energy report card...
The world just got its energy report card … and at best, its grades are mixed.
read moreIn Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro’s An...
An oil spill has been contaminating the northeastern shore for weeks.
read moreBuild Tall or Net-Zero? The Co...
As President Trump moves forward with America’s globally embarrassing plan to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, the state of California is—in addition to addressing the brunt of current climate change impacts—leading the nation in crafting policy around emissions reductions.
read more‘Like a Death in the Family’...
Texas coal companies are leaving behind contaminated land. The state is letting them.
read moreFailing nuclear industry pushi...
A bailout proposed by the nuclear industry would cost tax and ratepayers billions, while starving demand for wind and solar
read moreHow (Not) to Analyze the Cost ...
A Minnesota based think tank, Center of the American Experiment (CAE) releases a report last March greatly exaggerating the cost of roughly doubling current renewable energy use in Minnesota to 50 percent by 2030.
read moreWhat if you owned your own pow...
“If you don’t own an oil well, get one.”Well, maybe you can’t afford an oil well, but what if you could own something even bigger—an entire electric utility?
read morePG&E Chief Says Blackout ...
PG&E’s chief executive said Thursday night that the utility had done a poor job in executing the blackout, even if its intentions — pre-empting wildfires caused by its equipment — were sound.
read moreGrids and Greed: An Expert Bre...
“The problem is much more ingrained in the way this company has developed and continues to operate than it is something as simple as just trying to make more money.”
read moreSo, You’ve Got 100% Renewable ...
Manufacturers seeking to decarbonize have a long row to hoe. They can order up a package of renewable energy and carbon offsets to power their factories and offices, but that’s just for starters.
read moreThe Future, Post-Coal — ...
One point of agreement evident during a recent policy summit between Hopi and Navajo leaders was that the economy of northern Arizona can—and must—transcend its 20th-century past.
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Houses, several churches, and an elementary school would all be about a mile away.
read moreAppeals Court Rules Against Co...
Western coal states want an export terminal on the Columbia River. Washington state has concerns about the company and its environmental and climate impact.
read moreWhat’s in the way of this Texa...
The golden-cheeked warbler, an endangered songbird native to Central Texas, always seems to be flitting around controversy.
read moreAn Absence of Energy Leadershi...
These are interesting times for electricity regulators and legislators in the 13 US states, from the Mid-Atlantic through the Ohio Valley to Illinois, that share authority with PJM and FERC. PJM has been in direct conflict with state activity and autonomy in regulating environmental effects from energy power production.
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Blowing trillions of tonnes of snow on to ice sheet could halt its collapse, researchers say
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