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DOE commits $450M to install rooftop solar for highest-need Puerto Ricans
While overhauling Puerto Rico's grid will take years, these funds will offer immediate help to the residents most vulnerable during blackouts.
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![A man opens a silver grill, where vegetables are grilling.]()
![A man opens a silver grill, where vegetables are grilling.]()
Your next barbecue could feature an electric grill
Electric grills exist and are rising in popularity — and according to some advocates, they’re just as good at producing delicious food as fossil-fueled alternatives.
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International negotiators just missed a deadline to regulate deep-sea mining. Now what?
Companies can now legally apply for deep-sea mining permits, despite a lack of environmental protections.
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![Lake Shasta, California's largest dam and water reservoir feeding the Sacramento River, sits at historically low levels in July 2015.]()
![Lake Shasta, California's largest dam and water reservoir feeding the Sacramento River, sits at historically low levels in July 2015.]()
How the Western drought has increased carbon emissions
Hydropower loss added 121 million metric tons of carbon emissions over 20 years — about the same as putting 1.3 million more cars on the road.
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Offshore wind just got its biggest boost yet
The Biden administration approved a project in New Jersey that will generate enough renewable power for 380,000 homes.
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![A hazy field of solar panels pointing at the sky in the desert.]()
![A hazy field of solar panels pointing at the sky in the desert.]()
Amid water woes, solar is booming in the California desert
Utility-scale solar farms spreading rapidly across the desert Southwest are stressing the region’s already overtaxed groundwater and communities are beginning to push back.
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![A woman in a blue shirt and white baseball cap moves equipment in a brightly lit lab.]()
This Georgia program is training a huge cleantech manufacturing workforce
Insiders say Quick Start is a major reason why the state has successfully wooed billions in investment from the world’s leading solar, battery and EV companies.
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![A man in a mask on a bright factory floor packages up a white box.]()
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Virtual power plants are coming to save the grid, sooner than you might think
Networks of thousands of home-based batteries could be key to a cleaner, more reliable electricity system.
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Why Maine’s climate-conscious governor vetoed an offshore wind bill
Climate priorities and labor standards are colliding, threatening to stall wind energy in a renewable-friendly state.
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Infrastructure funding is bringing zero-emission buses to communities that need them most
The awards have already added 1,800 no-emission buses to the nation’s roadways, more than doubling the number of such vehicles in use.
