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How Australia can use hydrogen to export its solar power around the world.
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The wooden skyscrapers that could help to cool the planet.
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Canada's Wood Innovation and Design Centre has an entirely wooden structure, showcasing the potential for high-rise wooden buildings that lock up carbon.
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Report shows signs of clean energy leadership in Southeast states.
An annual assessment of states’ progress advancing clean energy illustrates how far behind Southeast states are compared to other regions, although Florida, Virginia and...
Why US nuclear sites are a ticking time bomb.
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The Hanford site in Washington state is used to store nuclear waste.
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Plans underway to ship ethanol from Port of Milwaukee on Lake Michigan.
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Runners fill the bike path on the lakefront as a ship makes its way into the Port of Milwaukee.(Photo: Michael Sears / Milwaukee...
Cape Lookout solar energy goes live.
The solar array unveiled Tuesday is near the base of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. The solar farm contains 60 panels rated at 300 watts...
Critics say Ohio utility’s proposed fixed charge increase will slow efficiency, clean energy.
Proposed rate changes for American Electric Power’s Ohio utility customers could unduly burden the grid by discouraging energy efficiency and distributed generation, according to...
Built-out Barcelona makes space for an urban forest.
When a city needs green space, but it’s all out of room, what can it do?
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How to kick the growth addiction.
Endless economic growth, long the rallying cry of the conventional paradigm, endangers our future. Ecological economist Tim Jackson, author of Prosperity Without Growth: Foundations...
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