A beginner’s guide to the debate over 100% renewable energy.
Imagine powering civilization entirely with energy from renewable sources: wind, sun, water (hydroelectricity), naturally occurring heat (geothermal), and plants.
No coal mines, oil wells, pipelines,...
With climate change deniers in charge, time for scientists to step up.
In the nearly three months that Donald Trump has been in the White House, his administration has taken steps to scrap Barack Obama’s Clean...
Complacency threatens climate change action.
Leading climate change scientist warns that it isn’t only oil companies undermining hopes of meeting targets to limit global warming.
LONDON, 6 April, 2017 –...
Boeing and JetBlue are funding this startup's electric aircraft.
Zunum Aero.
Boeing Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp. are investing in a startup developing an electric-powered aircraft with the potential to transform short-haul flights.
Zunum Aero...
New energy goes mainstream as majors muscle in.
With wind and solar generators becoming more mainstream sources of energy, governments around the world are weaning the industry off subsidies and creating new...
EU utilities vow end to coal after 2020, as Trump promises revival.
In a historic pledge, the European Union's electric utilities announced on Wednesday they will no longer build coal-fired plants after 2020, citing the need...
Promises to coal country aside, Trump’s budget cuts will end an economic lifeline.
Last week, President Trump proposed eliminating 19 federal agencies, including some high-visibility cultural icons like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment...
Trump declares end to 'war on coal,' but utilities aren't listening.
By Valerie Volcovici, Nichola Groom and Scott DiSavino
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GOP climate resolution deserves wider support.
It has already been a tough year for those who want bipartisan leadership on climate change.
President Trump's recent executive order is intended to unwind...
Coal is on the way out at electric utilities, no matter what Trump says.
By CORAL DAVENPORTApril 5, 2017WASHINGTON — In Page, Ariz., the operators of the Navajo Generating Station, the largest coal-fired power plant in the West, have announced...
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