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This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along.
On the sleepy shores of New York’s Seneca Lake, a cryptocurrency company is showing how Bitcoin can keep fossil fuel use alive.
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How Berkshire Hathaway fed investors a flawed narrative about their climate progress
Other utilities could do the same.
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Why not turn airports into giant solar farms?
Well, it turns out that airports not only have a lot of empty space, they also have a lot of rules.
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Gridlocked: These policies might put Biden’s transmission infrastructure plans on hold
Biden wants to spend billions on electricity transmission — but current projects are stuck in red tape.
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Montana, Kansas, and Arkansas enter the arms race to criminalize protest
The Republican push to criminalize pipeline protests is expanding beyond fossil fuel-producing states.
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Biden’s new moonshot: An offshore wind industry to rival Europe’s
Having fallen a decade behind in developing the renewable energy, the U.S. is priming itself for a space race-style comeback.
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Eminent domain opens doors for fossil fuels — could it do the same for renewable energy?
Environmentalists have long opposed it for fossil fuel projects. Now, the legal power could be vital to building renewable infrastructure.
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Why renewable electricity powers decarbonization — and pays off
Plugging in more stuff can slash Cascadia’s climate-warming emissions at modest cost. But that means moving much faster.
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Why the federal government is buying into the promise of 24/7 clean power
How “24/7 clean electricity” could drive a whole new era of energy use.
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America’s largest coal miners’ union supports clean energy (with conditions)
“Change is coming, whether we seek it or not."
