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![Aerial view of Plant Scherer, a coal-fired power plant in Juliette, Georgia.]()
![Aerial view of Plant Scherer, a coal-fired power plant in Juliette, Georgia.]()
EPA finally takes on abandoned coal ash ponds — but it might be too late
Will utilities clean up toxic waste at power plants, or run out an election-year clock?
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![Water pours from the Dalles Dam on the Columbia River in Washington.]()
![Water pours from the Dalles Dam on the Columbia River in Washington.]()
Rivers are the West’s largest source of clean energy. What happens when drought strikes?
With rivers across the West running low, utilities must get creative if they are to meet demand without increasing emissions.
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![a colorful island with bright orange mining quarry]()
Indigenous advocates at the UN say the green transition is neither clean nor just
Their message isn't new, but it is gaining urgency as funding for green energy projects grows.
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Biden’s ‘Solar for All’ awards $7B to bring affordable energy to low-income families
The program is designed to reduce greenhouse emissions and energy inequity.
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![An aerial view of reddish sand and a red oil rig in the middle of two areas of scrub brush.]()
![An aerial view of reddish sand and a red oil rig in the middle of two areas of scrub brush.]()
Drilling for oil on public land in the US is about to get more expensive
The long-awaited Interior Department policy will raise financial assurance and royalty rates.
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![A hand reaches into a large pile of cell phones and other small electronic devices, many of them cracked or missing batteries]()
![A hand reaches into a large pile of cell phones and other small electronic devices, many of them cracked or missing batteries]()
Staggering quantities of energy transition metals are winding up in the garbage bin
Recycling more of the copper, aluminum, and other minerals in our old electronics could reduce the need for mining.
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![Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas, the United States, on July 18, 2022.]()
![Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas, the United States, on July 18, 2022.]()
Who’s afraid of a 300-mile transmission line that could help decarbonize the Southeast?
Louisiana lawmakers and local utilities.
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![An aerial view of a city skyline surrounded by green areas and mountains in the background.]()
![An aerial view of a city skyline surrounded by green areas and mountains in the background.]()
The downballot races that could transform energy policy in Arizona and Nebraska
The energy future of fossil-fuel dependent Phoenix could be reshaped by some clean-energy advocates who just won seats on the board of a public power utility.
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![Energy efficient flourescent replacement lightbulbs]()
![Energy efficient flourescent replacement lightbulbs]()
The lowly light bulb is the Biden administration’s latest climate-fighting tool
The DOE is tripling efficiency standards for light bulbs, a move that will cut CO2 emissions by 70 million metric tons and save consumers $27 billion over 30 years.
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![An above-ground section of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline at Michagan's Mackinaw City pump station sits in 2016.]()
![An above-ground section of Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline at Michagan's Mackinaw City pump station sits in 2016.]()
DOJ thinks Enbridge Line 5 pipeline is trespassing on tribal lands
But the agency stopped short of telling the company to move.
