renewable electricity
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The ticket to 100% renewable power is underneath our feet
What if fracking technology helps us discover our renewable energy dreams?
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Forget the hype. Here’s the state of clean energy in 6 charts.
Report shows governments aren't backing up their clean energy talk.
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Springtime, and the renewables are surging
Ever wonder why renewable records tend to come in the spring?
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Electrifying news: Solar and wind power has quintupled in a decade
If this keeps up, the U.S. would be on track to 100 percent carbon-free energy by 2050.
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When coal goes low, Colorado goes Rocky Mountain High
Closing the coal plants will slash Colorado's carbon emissions.
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California is shattering renewable records. So why are greenhouse emissions creeping up?
Here's a puzzle: California has a greener grid, but it's carbon emissions just ticked up.
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When solar and wind need a boost, nuclear might be the best option
Nuclear power is plodding and costly. Does it still belong in a climate hawk’s quiver?
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China could blow the world away as a wind superpower
China could produce up to a quarter of its electricity from wind by 2030.
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Bigger subsidies make bigger solar a bad bet
This post originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. Americans seem unable to resist big things, and solar power plants are no exception. There may be no reasoning with an affinity for all things “super sized,” but the economics of large scale solar projects (and […]
