Salt, silicon or graphite: Energy storage goes beyond lithium ion batteries.
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Technologies that use gels, liquids, and molten silicon or salt could all claim a slice of the growing renewable energy...
GOP climate rebels emerge from the shadows.
US president Donald Trump’s climate change skepticism has forced a clutch of Republicans in the House of Representatives out of the climate closet.The populist...
'The world is watching.'
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Come late afternoon, just before the close of day, Bang Ma-neng sets out to sea. As always, he will ready his fishing gear...
As Hogan signs fracking ban, environmentalists question his record.
Environmentalists cheered Tuesday as Gov. Larry Hogan followed through on his promise to sign a statewide fracking ban — and some predicted that Maryland's...
Thousands of British children exposed to illegal levels of air pollution.
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Exclusive: More than 2,000 schools and nurseries close to roads with damaging levels of diesel fumes, joint investigation by Guardian and Greenpeace reveals
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In India, switching to vegetables, oranges and papaya could help save water.
India's population is forecast to rise to 1.6 billion by 2050, and to ensure there is enough available freshwater, water use will have to...
Australia coal mine granted unlimited water access for 60 years.
Carmichael coalmine
Environmental and legal groups fear impact on groundwater and accuse Queensland government of giving Indian mining company special treatment
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Queensland, Australia, giant coal mine granted unlimited water licence for 60 years.
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The proposed Adani coal mine, which will be Australia's biggest, has been granted unlimited access to groundwater by the Queensland government in...
Goodbye administrative state, hello community resilience.
Goodbye Administrative State, Hello Community Resilience
April 5, 2017
White House strategist Steve Bannon’s project for the “deconstruction of the administrative state” appears to be out...
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