Right kind of collaboration is key to solving environmental problems
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Appeal period begins for revised flood maps.
Coastal flooding is shown near Rodanthe in August 2011. Photo: N.C. Department of Transportation
GREENVILLE – A 90-day appeal or protest period began this week...
Floating solar power: A new frontier for green-leaning water utilities.
Lakes and ponds used by water utilities have long been viewed with a single purpose: holding water. Now a handful of pioneering water utilities...
Q&A: North Carolina researchers confront health fears about solar.
As large-scale solar projects have proliferated across North Carolina, some critics have pushed back with a surprising critique: photovoltaic panels, while beloved by environmental...
We saved the whale. The same vision can save the planet.
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Susanna Rustin
Hope alone won’t halt climate change but Al Gore’s latest film highlights the role optimism can play
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How a Harley-riding ex-ally of villains is leading a nuke revolt.
In the basement of a three-story house in a leafy neighborhood in Tokyo, about 40 lawyers crowded together, plotting against Japan’s massive nuclear power...
Renewable energy isn’t just cutting costs, it’s saving lives.
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A new study shows that renewables, particularly solar and wind energy, have significantly improved air quality in the United States from 2007 to...
UK fracking may produce less fuel than claimed, says geologist.
Fracking
Prof John Underhill argues that geology is fundamental but has been forgotten in assessments of UK’s shale gas capability
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CEO of wind energy giant says it would be better if US was in...
At the beginning of June, President Donald Trump announced the U.S would withdraw from the Paris Agreement and commence negotiations to re-enter or renegotiate...
Calls to participate in COP23 Pacific photo competition
Update: 4:04PM THE COP23 Presidency Secretariat is once again appealing to both professional and amateur photographers alike to take part in the Pacific Photo...
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