Articles by Senior Staff Writer Tik Root
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![Illustration of Tik and his wife looking at their home with money flying around them]()
![Illustration of Tik and his wife looking at their home with money flying around them]()
They thought getting their home off fossil fuels would be straightforward. Chaos ensued.
Here’s what happened when two climate reporters tried to ditch natural gas.
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![An electrician in a yellow vest and whote hard hat works on a photovoltaic panel in a solar array on a farm in Massachusetts.]()
![An electrician in a yellow vest and whote hard hat works on a photovoltaic panel in a solar array on a farm in Massachusetts.]()
Solar hits a renewable energy milestone not seen since WWII
With supply chains finally open, solar provided most of the nation's new electricity capacity last year.
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![A man with his back to the camera considers a row of new washing machines and dryers in an appliance shop.]()
![A man with his back to the camera considers a row of new washing machines and dryers in an appliance shop.]()
Washers and dryers are about to get a whole lot more efficient
The new guidelines will save people $2.2 billion a year in utility costs and eliminate 71 million tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions.
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Greener snowmaking is helping ski resorts weather climate change
As a warming world creates an existential threat for the ski industry, resorts are reducing how much energy they need to make it snow.
