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![An electrician in a yellow vest and whote hard hat works on a photovoltaic panel in a solar array on a farm in Massachusetts.]()
![An electrician in a yellow vest and whote hard hat works on a photovoltaic panel in a solar array on a farm in Massachusetts.]()
Solar hits a renewable energy milestone not seen since WWII
With supply chains finally open, solar provided most of the nation's new electricity capacity last year.
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![a collage with squares of solar panels, a peach, power lines, and people's faces]()
![a collage with squares of solar panels, a peach, power lines, and people's faces]()
Want clean electricity? These are the overlooked elected officials who get to decide.
As the Georgia Public Service Commission writes, "Very few governmental agencies have as much impact on people's lives."
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![Photo of Darren Woods, Exxon CEO, pointing a finger in front of a microphone]()
![Photo of Darren Woods, Exxon CEO, pointing a finger in front of a microphone]()
There’s a reason Exxon’s CEO says its emissions are your fault
Activist investors want the company to trim its biggest source of emissions. Exxon sees that as a threat.
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![An. overhead shot of a green field and trees with a concerte platform in the middle with large black panels lined up on top.]()
![An. overhead shot of a green field and trees with a concerte platform in the middle with large black panels lined up on top.]()
Texas will add more grid batteries than any other state in 2024
With cheap land and a competitive market irresistible to energy storage developers, the Lone Star State will even overtake California in battery deployments this year.
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![A man with his back to the camera considers a row of new washing machines and dryers in an appliance shop.]()
![A man with his back to the camera considers a row of new washing machines and dryers in an appliance shop.]()
Washers and dryers are about to get a whole lot more efficient
The new guidelines will save people $2.2 billion a year in utility costs and eliminate 71 million tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions.
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California towns are banning new gas stations. Big Oil is paying attention.
Some activists view the industry's response as a badge of success.
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![An offshore wind turbine, mostly white with a red stripe around the middle of its tower, against a partly cloudy sky]()
![An offshore wind turbine, mostly white with a red stripe around the middle of its tower, against a partly cloudy sky]()
How to recycle the giant magnets inside wind turbines? These scientists have a few ideas.
Many turbines rely on high-demand rare-earth minerals. A new Department of Energy program aims to keep them out of landfills.
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![A massive dairy farm covered in black solar panels stretches into the horizon.]()
![A massive dairy farm covered in black solar panels stretches into the horizon.]()
Sheep may soon graze under solar panels in one of Wyoming’s first ‘agrivoltaic’ projects
The elevated photovoltaic panels can actually improve grazing conditions, a novelty that could help make solar projects more land-efficient and accepted in the ranching-heavy state.
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A geothermal energy boom could be coming to Chicago’s South Side
The key to building low-carbon infrastructure in the city? Its trademark alleys.
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Biden’s climate law fines oil companies for methane pollution. The bill is coming due.
Recent research suggests the IRA’s methane fee could batter the oil and gas industry to the tune of more than $1 billion.
