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Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state in 2024
With cheap land and a competitive market irresistible to energy storage developers, the Lone Star State will even overtake California in battery deployments this 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.]()
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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California towns are banning new gas stations. Big Oil is paying attention.
Some activists view the industry's response as a badge of success.
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How to recycle the giant magnets inside wind turbines? These scientists have a few ideas.
Many turbines rely on high-demand rare-earth minerals. A new Department of Energy program aims to keep them out of landfills.
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Sheep may soon graze under solar panels in one of Wyoming’s first ‘agrivoltaic’ projects
The elevated photovoltaic panels can actually improve grazing conditions, a novelty that could help make solar projects more land-efficient and accepted in the ranching-heavy state.
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A geothermal energy boom could be coming to Chicago’s South Side
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys.
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Biden’s climate law fines oil companies for methane pollution. The bill is coming due.
Recent research suggests the IRA’s methane fee could batter the oil and gas industry to the tune of more than $1 billion.
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Heat pumps outsold gas furnaces again last year — and the gap is growing
While sales of both heat pumps and gas furnaces were down in 2023, heat pumps are proving more popular than ever.
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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.
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When a climate denier becomes Louisiana’s governor: Jeff Landry’s first month in office
Landry has surrounded himself with former fossil fuel executives — and he has targeted the state’s climate change task force.
