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Proposed wind farm runs into opposition in Ocean City, Congress.
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Utility helps wean Vermonters from the electric grid.
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If you buy a Nissan Leaf in the U.K. in 2018, you probably won’t ever have to pay to charge your new electric car.
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Jerry Brown, lawmakers announce California climate deal.
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Addendum: Biomass enables the transition to a carbon-negative power system across western North America
Nature Climate Change 5, 230–234 (2015); published online 9 February 2015; addendum published after print 2 March 2017.
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