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Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors.
Bulk buying is a tried-and-true way to get discounts on rooftop solar. Now programs aimed at heat pumps are popping up too, helping people save thousands of dollars.
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‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
As the U.S. shuts its doors to most refugees, there’s little hope of a new system to help those forced from home by climate impacts.
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Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700 million to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal
The president announced plans for two new coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia, using the Defense Production Act.
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Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling
Wildlife habitat, endangered animals, and recreation could all be at risk in the state’s biggest public land sale in modern history.
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70-foot wastewater geyser reflects New Mexico’s latest oilfield challenge
It’s a towering example of the contentious debate over what to do with the state’s ever-growing supply of oilfield waste.
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A first among major nations, India is industrializing with solar
India is increasingly turning to cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs. Its solar buildout could soon be a model for other emerging economies.
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The EPA just walked back Hawai‘i’s plan to retire its dinosaur power plants
By throwing a wrench in the state’s Regional Haze State Implementation Plan, advocates say Hawaiian Electric Co. can sidestep rules years in the making.
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Solar to overtake coal on Texas grid for the first time ever this year
The Trump administration likes to cast renewables as a socialist scam, but solar has soared in the competitive markets of the Lone Star State.
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Chevron wants a school district tax break for a data center power plant
The move could save the oil company hundreds of millions in Texas, even as state lawmakers start looking at reining in incentives for data centers.