How solar energy saved a Puerto Rican farm from Hurricane Maria.
BARRANQUITAS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - While his competitors wait for diesel to restart generators knocked out by Hurricane Maria, flower grower Hector Santiago is...
Brown energy? Dung to power Finnish horse show.
OSLO (Reuters) - Horse manure will generate electricity for an international horse show in Finland this month in a new form of alternative energy,...
Time to shine: Solar power is fastest-growing source of new energy.
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Renewables accounted for two-thirds of new power added to world’s grids last year, says International Energy Agency
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The Trump administration doesn't care about our air.
An asthmatic child struggling to breathe on a hot summer day in Baltimore could be the victim of a coal plant in Pennsylvania, Ohio,...
Sunlight and ‘right’ microbes convert Arctic carbon into carbon dioxide
A new study outlines the mechanisms and points to the importance of both sunlight and the right microbial community as keys to converting permafrost...
Climate change, population growth may lead to open ocean aquaculture
A new analysis suggests that open-ocean aquaculture for three species of finfish is a viable option for industry expansion under most climate change scenarios...
Are we at a tipping point with weed control?
Imagine walking the cereal aisle at your favorite grocery store. Are you reading labels? Scanning prices? Thinking about weeds? If you're like most American...
New nanomaterial can extract hydrogen fuel from seawater
A new hybrid nanomaterial harvests solar energy and uses it to extract hydrogen from seawater, cheaply and efficiently. Future commercialization could mean a new...
Ancient humans left Africa to escape drying climate
Humans migrated out of Africa as the climate shifted from wet to dry about 60,000 years ago, according to new paleoclimate research. What the...
Exclusive: EPA to propose repealing Obama's climate regulation.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose repealing the Clean Power Plan - the Obama administration’s centerpiece regulation to fight climate...
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