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Europe wimps out again on airlines’ carbon pollution
International air carriers were supposed to join the E.U.'s emissions trading program, but after the U.S. and China bitched and moaned, they've been given another years-long reprieve.
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Republicans join Democrats in trying to revive wind energy incentives
A proposal to restore critical tax credits for the wind industry breezed through a key Senate committee on Thursday with notable bipartisan support.
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The week in GIFs: Genies, junk, and Mary Jane
There was plenty of odd news this week, even not counting April Fools' Day.
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These cute $40 watches can run forever on sunlight
SmileSolar gives you the choice of 15 patterns and colors -- as well as no excuse for being late EVER AGAIN.
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Eat your heart out, Rome: This 3D-printed village was built in a day
A hyper-insulated house made through lightning-fast production and with repurposed materials? What's the catch?
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Obama admin sued for dragging feet on studies of climate impacts
The White House has said it will require environmental impact studies to consider climate change, but new guidelines have been stalled for years.
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What’s worse than burning coal? Burning wood
New power plants fueled with trees and wood waste are being built across the U.S. They're marketed as green, but they're actually more polluting than coal plants.
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5 ways Paul Ryan’s budget screws the climate and environment
His plan would increase pollution, accelerate global warming, despoil public lands, and stymie Americans’ efforts to get out of their cars.
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California farmers: Drill, baby, drill (for water, that is)
Here's why the agricultural industry's response to water shortages may be a recipe for disaster.
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The Democratizing Promise of Energy Storage
While energy storage is a small fraction of total power generation capacity, promising examples suggest that distributed energy storage could change the electricity system during the next decade as fundamentally as distributed renewable energy has in the last decade. Right now, 95% of energy storage in the U.S. is water pumped uphill into in reservoirs, […]
