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![A coal-fired power plant in Wyoming]()
![A coal-fired power plant in Wyoming]()
From peak to plummet in 15 years: Coal continues its precipitous decline
"This is not an economic cycle that is simply going to go away. It is a real phaseout across the industry of the use of coal."
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![Three red-colored apartment buildings with fire escapes, as seen from below]()
Inside a $110 million plan to turn NYC apartments into virtual power plants
Logical Buildings and Keyframe Capital are behind the push to help multifamily buildings earn money from cutting energy use and curbing emissions.
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California takes the lead on curbing Big Oil price gouging
The state's pioneering law could set limits on the industry's profits, and impose fines on those that exceed it.
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![A bearded man in a red coat holds a large white box surrounded by pipes.]()
![A bearded man in a red coat holds a large white box surrounded by pipes.]()
The natural gas pushback
Local communities want to electrify, but gas interests have other ideas.
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![An aerial view of a mansion surrounded by trees with cars parked in front of the garage and street in front of the house.]()
![An aerial view of a mansion surrounded by trees with cars parked in front of the garage and street in front of the house.]()
Who buys electric cars in California — and who doesn’t?
Electric cars are almost nonexistent in Black, Latino, low-income, and rural communities — revealing the enormous task that California faces electrifying the entire fleet.
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![Electrical transmission lines at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California's Mojave Desert.]()
![Electrical transmission lines at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California's Mojave Desert.]()
Biden administration releases road map to scale up nuclear, hydrogen, and energy storage
The reports address key challenges and potential solutions for getting these clean energy technologies off the ground.
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![Solar panels and wind turbines on November 15, 2022, near Mojave, California.]()
![Solar panels and wind turbines on November 15, 2022, near Mojave, California.]()
US renewable power surged ahead of coal for the first time last year
Experts say the trend still isn’t fast enough to stop the worst impacts of climate change.
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How the natural gas industry cozies up to utility regulators
Sponsorships, stacked panels, dance parties: Inside utilities' campaign to convince regulators of the bright future for natural gas.
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![On a patch of brown sand, yellow pipes stretch into the distance with a red flag blowing in the wind in the foreground.]()
![On a patch of brown sand, yellow pipes stretch into the distance with a red flag blowing in the wind in the foreground.]()
Report: Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis
A "staggering volume" of PFAS are being injected into fracked wells.
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![A man in jeans and a plaid shirt and flip flops stands in front of two other people in a shady patch of soil under large trees.]()
![A man in jeans and a plaid shirt and flip flops stands in front of two other people in a shady patch of soil under large trees.]()
The shift to a green energy future is renewing plantation-era water wars in Hawaii
A proposed hydro project in Kauai — the first of its kind in the world — could supply up to a quarter of the island’s power by diverting 4 billion gallons a year from the Waimea River.
