Renewables cut Europe's carbon emissions by 10 percent in 2015, says EEA.
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European Environment Agency reports solar and and wind is reducing fossil fuel dependency but clean energy capacity still not growing fast enough
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Mayors will lead on climate change for political gain, says ex-NYC mayor.
By Sebastien Malo
NEW YORK, April 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mayors globally are increasingly adopting measures to slash greenhouse gas emissions because it makes...
NY judge tosses Exxon challenge to climate change investigations, for now.
A lawsuit by ExxonMobil seeking to block climate change fraud investigations by the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New York has been dismissed—at least...
Despite Trump’s rhetoric, US energy industry stronger than ever.
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President Trump speaks before signing the Energy Independence Executive Order at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington,...
How will offshore wind power get to grid?
KITTY HAWK — With a bid of $9 million dollars for the lease to develop the Kitty Hawk Wind Energy Area, or WEA, Avangrid,...
Switch from nuclear to coal-fired power linked to low birth weight in US region.
Energy
Study reveals fall in birth weight in areas of the Tennessee Valley which had greatest boom in coal-fired power plant activity following nuclear closures
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Coal-reliant tribes ponder a future without their power plant.
Where the Navajo Nation's ancestral homeland was once marked by mountains, today the reservation is ringed by coal plants. Navajo Generating Station is flanked...
Trump plan to slash EPA budget goes even deeper, new memo shows.
In addition to halting regulatory action on climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency would stop studying the science and would end all industry partnerships...
Coal exports disrupted in cyclone-hit Australia as floodwaters rise.
By Jamie Freed and Tom Westbrook
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