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![an oil rig near a mountain in Utah]()
![an oil rig near a mountain in Utah]()
Biden promised to phase out drilling on public lands. How’s that going?
The administration agreed to start selling oil and gas leases again, but may do things a little differently.
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![Gas flare]()
Report: Oil companies are burning off natural gas — and leaving regulators in the dark
A new analysis is the first to identify what could constitute widespread illegal flaring in Texas oil fields.
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![A man fills his car at a hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles.]()
![A man fills his car at a hydrogen fueling station in Los Angeles.]()
Biden-backed ‘blue’ hydrogen may pollute more than coal, study finds
The bipartisan infrastructure bill includes $8 billion to develop "clean hydrogen," but a new study finds the alternative fuel is highly polluting.
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![The mouth of a hollow wind turbine monopile with workers welding inside]()
![The mouth of a hollow wind turbine monopile with workers welding inside]()
Offshore turbines could be a windfall for the US steel industry
A proposed wind turbine manufacturing hub in Baltimore means jobs for steelworkers.
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![Oil rigs in culver city.]()
![Oil rigs in culver city.]()
Follow the money: US subsidizes oil and gas so investors never lose
Finally, we have the numbers and they're not pretty, detailing how it doesn't matter what price fuel is.
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![Collage: a photo of oil pumpjacks with Facebook emoji reactions on top]()
![Collage: a photo of oil pumpjacks with Facebook emoji reactions on top]()
Big Oil spent $10 million on Facebook ads last year — to sell what, exactly?
A report found that the ads peaked when politicians were poised to act on climate.
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![Solar panels with mountains in the background]()
A different kind of solar technology is poised to go big
Silicon is facing bottlenecks and trade sanctions. Is this cadmium telluride's moment?
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![Dalles Dam on the Columbia River]()
![Dalles Dam on the Columbia River]()
A stronger electricity grid is crucial to cutting carbon. Does that make it green?
A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.
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![Rep. Sean Casten stands on the House floor introducing his hot FERC summer campaign]()
![Rep. Sean Casten stands on the House floor introducing his hot FERC summer campaign]()
The day ‘Hot Girl Summer’ came to Congress
Will a Megan Thee Stallion reference get people to care about the most important agency for climate policy?
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What’s an energyshed? The government wants to know.
The Department of Energy is crowdsourcing a definition.
