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Dev Chidambaram (left), an associate professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, teaches students in a $150,000 battery laboratory that is part of the...
Sioux chairman urges banks to leave DAPL.
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Windfarm settings triggered South Australian blackout, final energy report finds.
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Protection mechanism in tornado-hit turbines caused drop in power that led to entire system being tripped, Aemo says
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Transmission towers toppled by high winds in...
Nick Xenophon signals support for tax cuts in exchange for emissions intensity scheme.
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Senator criticises Coalition for abandoning intensity scheme for electricity once championed by Malcolm Turnbull
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Nick Xenophon says he wants an emissions intensity scheme...
'Taking us backwards': NSW government's environment policies under fire from green groups.
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Senior ministers at odds over readiness of new coal-fired power stations.
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Matt Canavan says new station could be built within three years but Josh Frydenberg says any ‘clean coal’ initiative is ‘a long way off’
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Trump faces high-stakes chess match as he tries to unravel Obama air regs.
Abandoned coal power plant in Lynch, Ky. Coming back on line? (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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