Climate Energy
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Maybe green energy needs ‘information batteries’ too
Researchers are exploring whether new strategies can get tech giants to use clean power when it’s plentiful, so utilities can avoid burning fossil fuels when it’s not.
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2021 was a landmark year for energy efficiency legislation in US states
Now comes the hard part.
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Kanye West and the dark twisted fantasy of shale country chic
A pair of discontinued Red Wings has spurred the latest hypebeast craze.
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There’s a hurricane-sized hole in Texas air quality data
A new report finds Texas regulators often miss pollution because its air monitors are disabled during hurricanes.
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Exxon locked workers out of their jobs. Can workers lock Exxon out of a carbon capture deal?
A union is warning Texas officials not to give Exxon money for carbon capture until it fixes its labor problems.
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In blow to Biden administration, judge halts oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico
Biden has outpaced Trump in selling oil and gas permits on public lands. A federal judge has temporarily paused "runaway drilling."
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Electric vehicles drive up demand for ‘green metals’
The need for energy-transition metals breathes life into new mines in the West.
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Your gas stove is warming the climate — even when it’s turned off
A new study says methane leaks aren't limited to oil and gas wells and pipelines.
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In historic vote, Los Angeles will phase out oil drilling
Once a magnet for urban oil drilling, the city now moves to curb its dependence on fossil fuel production.
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How a $60 million bribery scandal helped Ohio pass the ‘worst energy policy in the country’
Hidden recorders, dirty politicians, and the corrupt companies that financed it all.