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![A series of solar panels are laid out on grass in front of cars]()
![A series of solar panels are laid out on grass in front of cars]()
This disaster relief nonprofit is pioneering a clean energy alternative to noisy, polluting generators
The Footprint Project wants to create a solar-powered microgrid “lending library” to deploy during disaster recovery efforts to reduce reliance on generators, which increase air pollution and are costly to run.
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![Two workers wearing hard hats spread concrete]()
![Two workers wearing hard hats spread concrete]()
A former Utah coal town could soon become a hub for low-carbon cement
Terra CO2 wants to make cement additives from mining waste. The startup could get a $52.6 million DOE grant to build a clean energy factory near Salt Lake City.
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![A roofing crew installs shingles on a small single-story home in Lakewood, CA.]()
![A roofing crew installs shingles on a small single-story home in Lakewood, CA.]()
Thinking of going solar? Wait until you need a new roof.
Solar panels typically last 25 years, while shingles are good for 20. Waiting until you need to re-roof is usually the best course when going solar.
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![Line workers repair power lines against a scene of hurricane damage, with downed trees and debris]()
![Line workers repair power lines against a scene of hurricane damage, with downed trees and debris]()
Hurricane Helene brought devastation — and an opportunity — to Appalachia’s power grids
As recovery efforts continue, utilities in the region need to rethink their approach to electricity in the face of climate change.
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![Two women assemble a photovoltaic solar panel in a factory in Texas]()
![Two women assemble a photovoltaic solar panel in a factory in Texas]()
The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town
Hurricane Helene's closure of two essential quartz mines in North Carolina reveals the precarity of the solar energy product pipeline.
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![Kamala Harris walking on to a stage at a political rally, with spectators cheering behind her]()
![Kamala Harris walking on to a stage at a political rally, with spectators cheering behind her]()
Indigenous voters worry a Harris presidency means endangering sacred lands
The minerals beneath tribal lands are crucial to the clean energy transition.
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![An illustration of a pink hand crushing an oil installation in the middle of the desert as water seeps underneath]()
![An illustration of a pink hand crushing an oil installation in the middle of the desert as water seeps underneath]()
In arid New Mexico, a debate over reusing oil-industry wastewater
The governor’s plan to use treated water from oil and gas drilling is in limbo while public safety questions swirl.
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![Sitting in a green field a power plant with smokestacks belches white smoke into the sky]()
![Sitting in a green field a power plant with smokestacks belches white smoke into the sky]()
The end of an era: Britain’s last coal-fired power plant shuts down
The U.K.’s 142-year history of coal-fired electricity ended as turbines at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant in Nottinghamshire stopped for good.
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![An illustration of mountains with a road cutting through them]()
![An illustration of mountains with a road cutting through them]()
The Department of Energy promised this tribal nation a $32 million solar grant. It’s nearly impossible to access.
Washington’s Yakama Nation received both the grant and a $100 million federal loan. Held up by a series of bureaucratic hurdles, the funding could expire before the government lets the tribal nation touch a dime.
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![A red tile roof is covered by solar panels and heat tanks and snaking cables]()
![A red tile roof is covered by solar panels and heat tanks and snaking cables]()
‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating
The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy.
