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![A taxi and motorcycle speed by an apartment building with AC units.]()
![A taxi and motorcycle speed by an apartment building with AC units.]()
‘A matter of survival’: India’s unstoppable need for air conditioners
Access to sufficient cooling could further drive up the already rampant inequality in the country.
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![Haze settles over a valley where smoke rises from a nuclear plant and wind turbines spin in the distance.]()
![Haze settles over a valley where smoke rises from a nuclear plant and wind turbines spin in the distance.]()
Shifting political winds threaten progress on Europe’s green goals
Shaken by global instability and a populist backlash, European nations are retreating from plans to reduce greenhouse gases, promote sustainable farming practices, and boost biodiversity.
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![Four blue metal contraptions attached to a pier are battered by waves.]()
![Four blue metal contraptions attached to a pier are battered by waves.]()
Blue power: Will ocean waves be California’s new source of clean energy?
While there's "great potential" for wave-generated energy, getting projects from the pilot stage to providing commercial power remains a challenge.
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![An aerial shot of an industrial facility belching steam.]()
![An aerial shot of an industrial facility belching steam.]()
America’s first ‘enhanced’ geothermal plant just got up and running
Next-generation geothermal could be a huge source of carbon-free power. A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction.
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![An overhead image of an industrial facility next to agricultural fields.]()
![An overhead image of an industrial facility next to agricultural fields.]()
Salton Sea could meet nation’s lithium demand for decades, study finds
The potential of geothermal brine extraction dwarfs the deposits at Thacker Pass in Nevada.
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![A line of wind turbines in the ocean under a blue sky.]()
![A line of wind turbines in the ocean under a blue sky.]()
What happened to the Great Lakes offshore wind boom?
Offshore wind projects cropped up all over the Great Lakes region in the early 2010s. By the end of the decade, all but one were gone. Developers, though still drawn to the lakes’ powerful winds, have been reluctant to return.
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![A huge wind turbine sticks out behind a yellow house with red terracotta roof tiles.]()
![A huge wind turbine sticks out behind a yellow house with red terracotta roof tiles.]()
Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for 6 days in a row
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro, and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
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![A busy hallway bedecked with flags is filled with students wearing backpacks and masks.]()
![A busy hallway bedecked with flags is filled with students wearing backpacks and masks.]()
Texas board rejects many science textbooks over climate change messaging
The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education last week rejected most of the proposed textbooks that include climate science for eighth grade students. Five of 12 were approved.
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![An older man in a plaid shirt stands next to a statue of a man.]()
![An older man in a plaid shirt stands next to a statue of a man.]()
The historic claims that put a few California farming families first in line for Colorado River water
Twenty families in the Imperial Valley received a whopping 386.5 billion gallons of the river’s water last year — more than three Western states. Century-old water rights guarantee that supply.
