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In boost for renewables, grid-scale battery storage is on the rise
Facilities are being built with storage systems that can hold enough renewable energy to power hundreds of thousands of homes, addressing concerns over the intermittency of wind and solar.
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Listen: Climate and fatherhood from a weather specialist
Host Andrew Simon talks with climate and weather specialist Marshall Shepherd about climate, fatherhood, and race.
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Can we really end our reliance on natural gas? These moms have a plan — and the ear of utilities.
Massachusetts nonprofit HEET wants to turn leaky infrastructure into district-wide geothermal heat-pump systems that it hopes will create a “post-gas world.”
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Today’s wind turbine blades could become tomorrow’s bridges
As wind turbines reach the end of their life, engineers are turning the blades into electrical transmission towers, bridges, cement, and more.
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FERC may finally help the public understand WTF it does
A new office of public participation might make the arcane federal commission accessible.
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Climate change could take weather patterns back to the Pliocene
Even the winds are getting more polarized.
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How 100% clean energy could power our cities and towns
We built this tiny model town to show what it would look like if we tried to transition to 100% clean energy.
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What’s the bigger climate threat: Single-use plastic or long-haul shipping?
Ah, the two great behemoths of environmental scourgery: plastics and e-commerce.
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Can a city truly be 100% renewable? It’s complicated.
Hundreds of cities have pledged to switch to renewables -- but there's a lot standing in their way.
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Democrats flip the Senate — illuminating a path forward on climate
Still, Democratic control of the Senate will be narrow and tenuous.
