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Failing nuclear power is good for coal, bad for earth.
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Government's air quality plan branded inadequate by city leaders.
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Flying green in Bangladesh.
Asia-Pacific, Climate Change, Environment, Featured, Headlines, TerraViva United NationsJAL747-400 bound for Tokyo leaves a contrail at dusk. Credit: CC BY-SA 2.5
DHAKA, May 4 2017...
Women take control of solar revolution.
The solar revolution is reaching the remotest parts of the world and changing the lives of women otherwise trapped in poverty.
LONDON, 1 August, 2017...
States betting on giant batteries to cut carbon.
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Indian solar power prices hit record low, undercutting fossil fuels.
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Plummeting wholesale prices put the country on track to meet renewable energy targets set out in the Paris agreement
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Solar panels for sale at...
Sensors, plants and waste heat: Adelaide hospital's bid to be most energy-efficient.
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Smart cities
When it finally opens in September, the complex will have the latest energy efficiency technology – but will it be worth...
Carbon-pricing, done right, can create clean-energy jobs.
Climate change is real, it is now, it is bad and many citizens have faith our leaders will respond adequately and in a timely...
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