Scientists see proposed climate debates as a trap.
Scientists don't know how to respond to U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who wants to challenge mainstream climate science on television. Gage Skidmore/Flickr
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NRG sees cash in its future as it moves from renewables.
NRG Energy Inc. CEO Mauricio Gutierrez. NRG
NRG Energy Inc., no stranger to dramatic overhauls, is embarking on a new plan to cut costs and...
US 'will become one of the world's top gas exporters by 2020.'
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IEA says growth in production as fracking opens up shale oil and gas deposits will mean US rivals Russia and Norway
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US environment boss Pruitt blasts EU, Merkel for climate ‘hypocrisy.'
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt | Molly Riley-Pool/Getty Images
‘I just think the hypocrisy runs rampant,’ EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said of European critics of the...
Stop trying to save the planet, Matthew Canavan tells Queensland government.
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Federal minister attracts ridicule after he says state should ‘concentrate on saving jobs today’ instead of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by...
$5.8m project aims to tap into new source of potential energy from tidal power.
James Lemon
In the hunt for new energy sources, federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is now embracing the waves.
The Turnbull government is tipping $2.5 million...
Turning the climate crisis into a TV love child of Jerry Springer and Judge...
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Graham Readfearn
As a Trump appointee pushes for televised slanging match, a New York magazine cover story sparks a different debate – should...
Coal got knocked out in Calif. Now, gas is on the ropes.
A rendering of NRG Energy Inc.'s proposed Puente Power Project. California Energy Commission
A wave of regulatory reconsiderations of natural gas-fired power plants in California...
California’s new cap-and-trade plan heads for a vote—with compromises.
California lawmakers are expected to vote Monday on legislation to extend the state's landmark cap-and-trade program, the country's most progressive, statewide attempt to cut...
Al Gore: Australian government subsidising coal power would be ‘crazy.'
Al Gore
Former US vice president and climate change campaigner says providing funding for infrastructure to support Adani coal mine is ‘just nuts’
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