Better to target zero emissions than 100% renewable energy.
NOT that long ago, the world wondered whether clean energy could survive without lavish government support. Now the question is how far it can...
The last survivors on Earth
The world's most indestructible species, the tardigrade, an eight-legged micro-animal, also known as the water bear, will survive until the sun dies, according to...
Why heat waves will get costlier for airlines, more annoying for travelers.
During a blistering heat wave in the Southwest last month, American Airlines cancelled dozens of flights in Phoenix because certain planes in its fleet...
Trump administration OK’s its first Arctic offshore drilling plan.
Making good on its promise to jump-start Arctic offshore drilling, the Trump administration gave Italian oil company Eni a quick green light on Wednesday...
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...
Electric cars will fuel huge demand for power, says National Grid.
Energy industry
Increase in peak electricity demand could be more than capacity of planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station by 2030
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Electric cars to account for all new vehicle sales in Europe by 2035.
Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
Falling battery costs to drive sales but European carmakers will lose out to rivals in the US and Asia, forecasts...
US 'will become one of the world's top gas exporters by 2020.'
Gas
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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The US is forecast...
Climate change and inequality
ON JULY 12, the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica disgorged a chunk of ice the size of Delaware, a small state on America’s...
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Gorillas, rhinos, lions and more will soon become extinct without immediate action
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Florida man arrested for stealing sea turtle eggs
He's given a whole new meaning to "poached eggs."
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Rare blindcat found in US, could prove water-filled caves connect Texas and Mexico
The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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10 magical places saved by endangered species
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