Energy Department puts national lab employees on notice of job cuts.
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It's critical to go 'all in' on climate optimism.
I've been thinking a lot recently about catastrophic climate risk, because, well, how can you not?
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Welcome to paradise: Batteries now included.
When people ask Luke Evslin why he decided to live off the grid, he starts with the time he almost died.
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When backyard wind is cheaper than fossil fuels.
While solar panels are spreading across rooftops, wind power today comes mainly from grid-tied farms of massive turbines with propeller-like spinning blades. Smaller, cylindrical...
The rise of electric cars could leave us with a big battery waste problem.
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Carmakers, recyclers and tech start ups are working to solve the question of how to deal with lithium-ion batteries when they...
America's most (and least) sustainable cities, ranked.
When it comes to sustainability in urban centers, the West Coast is faring better than the rest of the country.U.S. coastal cities are coming...
Dutch students grow their own biodegradable car.
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - What's made of sugar, can carry four people and travel at 50 miles (80 km) per hour? A biodegradable car,...
The eclipse will give us a glimpse of the future of natural gas.
Natural gas is about to get a glimpse of its future role in the U.S. power mix as solar energy’s backup.
During the upcoming Aug....
Soil carbon scheme a world-first for South Australian and Victorian farmers.
Farmers in Victoria and South Australia are taking part in a world-first carbon capture scheme to generate a new source of income.The farmers won...
These tree-planting drones are about to start an entire forest from the sky.
For the past five years, a group of villagers in the delta of the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar has painstakingly planted 2.7 million mangrove...
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