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Chevron’s climate plan: Use wind and solar power to drill for oil
The oil giant's aspiration to reduce emissions just means "cleaner" fossil fuels.
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Cutting methane emissions is the fastest way to slow warming. Here’s how.
Amid a push for new methane regulations, the IEA points to three relatively cheap ways to tamp down on emissions.
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![Employees from a Radian Generation's operations and maintenance team change out a faulty solar inverter along a row of solar panels December 4, 2017 in Oxford, Massachusetts. The 16.5 megawatt solar array, on what was once the largest pig farm in the northeast, is owned and operated by BlueWave Solar which feeds the generated electricity to homes and small businesses and to the Fay School and Phillips Academy Andover private schools.]()
![Employees from a Radian Generation's operations and maintenance team change out a faulty solar inverter along a row of solar panels December 4, 2017 in Oxford, Massachusetts. The 16.5 megawatt solar array, on what was once the largest pig farm in the northeast, is owned and operated by BlueWave Solar which feeds the generated electricity to homes and small businesses and to the Fay School and Phillips Academy Andover private schools.]()
Not even a pandemic can stop solar’s epic growth
Lead by Texas and the Southeast, the U.S. added a record amount of solar power in 2020.
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Oil is now flowing on Line 3. The fight to stop it isn’t over.
Anti-pipeline activists promise to continue holding polluters and policymakers accountable.
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Gas appliances are no longer eligible for Energy Star’s top rating
EPA kicks gas-burning heaters and clothes dryers off its “Most Efficient” list
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Can the world’s most polluting heavy industries decarbonize?
The production of steel, cement, and ammonia emit about one-fifth of all human-caused CO2. Technologies are emerging to decarbonize these problem industries, but analysts warn that big challenges remain.
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Why the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of climate solutions is so controversial
Clean hydrogen could replace fossil fuels for almost everything. But should it?
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What one city’s struggle to ban natural gas says about the challenge of electrifying buildings
Bellingham, Washington, seems like the perfect place to pass climate policies. But a recent fight proves even it’s not immune to battles over our clean-energy future.
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Don’t expect heroes (or evil villains) in this history of the climate crisis
Who's responsible for this mess? A new book says it's complicated.
