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![An old oil pumpjack in a yard near residential homes]()
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Pennsylvania just lost a key tool to address its abandoned oil well problem
"It’s a green light for the conventional oil and gas industry to continue to do what they’ve done, which is abandon these wells whenever they feel like it."
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![Illustration: A hydrogen storage facility, semi-truck with hydrogen fuel pump, truck transporting hydrogen, and electric towers on top of silhouettes of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. To the right of the states are offshore wind turbines and a cargo ship transporting tanks of hydrogen.]()
![Illustration: A hydrogen storage facility, semi-truck with hydrogen fuel pump, truck transporting hydrogen, and electric towers on top of silhouettes of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. To the right of the states are offshore wind turbines and a cargo ship transporting tanks of hydrogen.]()
The Northeast is poised to become a ‘hydrogen hub’
But nobody knows quite what that means yet.
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![a row of Bitcoin mining computer rigs extends into the distance]()
Cryptomining uses a ‘disturbing’ amount of energy, lawmakers find
Bitcoin, we have a problem.
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A key US energy efficiency program has a major flaw — and Pennsylvania is trying to fix it
Homes are rejected for efficiency upgrades because they need repairs. Many owners can't afford them.
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European lawmakers declared natural gas ‘green.’ Now they may face lawsuits.
Environmental advocates said they "will not rest" until the decision is overturned in court.
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Report: US on track to fall ‘significantly short’ of its climate goals
Without new policies, the nation won't even come close to halving emissions by the end of this decade.
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![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
![Painting in the folk art style of Grandma Moses of a valley between mountains, with buildings and homes, a river and road winding between them; the mountain on the left has an area of mountaintop removal and a pile of coal]()
What happened to the ‘war on coal’ in West Virginia?
The activism spotlight has left the Coal River Valley. But when the battlefield is your home, you don’t give up the fight.
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![A large cargo ship on the ocean with a hill in the background]()
California lawmakers are ready to decarbonize the shipping industry. The technology isn’t there yet.
Experts say getting to net-zero will require more research and government support.
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![overhead view of saleswoman showing two people an electric vehicle's charging port]()
![overhead view of saleswoman showing two people an electric vehicle's charging port]()
Americans are coming around on electric cars
More than a third said they'd consider buying or leasing an EV.
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![A large pile of coal and rocks with a coal power plant smokestack in the distance]()
![A large pile of coal and rocks with a coal power plant smokestack in the distance]()
As natural gas prices soar, coal makes a comeback in Europe
In some markets, the price for natural gas has risen 700%.
