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A North Carolina minister just slammed his state's energy monopoly for trying to turn poor people and people of color against solar power.
Climate modeling often shows that it's possible to decarbonize at low cost. But "possible" is a long way from practical, or likely.
More and more utilities are competing for solar power dollars -- but what will that mean for smaller companies and consumers?
Steel, aluminum, titanium, or carbon fiber -- that is the question. Umbra tests the metals.
Perennial Plate's take on the PBS classic Victory Garden will take you on a tour of America's food scene.
The West might be drier than a popcorn's fart, but archaic water rules force farmers to irrigate.
Less rain means fewer clouds, fewer clouds means more sun, more sun means more solar power.
When fire can eat a rainforest in a relatively cool climate, you know the Earth is beginning to burn.
Thanks to a disclosure law in California, we now know that frackers are polluting water with petroleum chemicals, heavy metals, radioactive elements, and carcinogens.